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Cite as: [2011] UKICO FER0314344, [2011] UKICO FER314344
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Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FER0314344 (31 January 2011)
Summary: The complainant requested information under the EIR concerning the financial and/or economic cost of Britain meeting a pledge to cut emissions by 42 per cent of the 1990 levels by 2020. He particularly specified that he wanted the information that was provided to the delegates at the Copenhagen conference. The public authority replied that it held relevant information but could not provide it due to the operation of Regulation 12(5)(a) [disclosure would adversely affect international relations-¦]. It explained that the weight of the public interest factors in maintaining the exemption outweighed those that favour disclosure. The complainant requested an internal review and the public authority upheld its position and also explained that it believed that Regulation 12(4)(e) [internal communications] applied as well. The Commissioner has found that 12(4)(e) was engaged in relation to all the information although the balance of the public interest under this exception alone favours its maintenance in relation to only one piece of information. For the remaining items, he has found that both 12(4)(e) and 12(5)(a) were engaged and that the composite weight of the public interest factors in maintaining the exceptions in relation to these items outweigh those that favour disclosure. The Commissioner has also found some procedural breaches of the EIR in the public authority-™s handling of the request. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2011/0052 dismissed.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 12.4.e - Complaint Not upheld, EIR 12.5.a - Complaint Not upheld, EIR 14 - Complaint Upheld, EIR 14 - Complaint Upheld