Summary: The complainant asked the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to provide records held by it confirming the existence, or lack, of exports of any items under the current UK Military List to the state of Israel by a named company. FCO first said that information was held and then that it was not. The Commissioner found, as a matter of fact, that information falling within the scope of the request was held. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the public authority did not deal with the request for information in accordance with sections 1(1)(a) and 10(1) of the Act. The non-disclosure of the information held is being addressed in another complaint, so the Commissioner requires no steps to be taken in response to this notice.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Not upheld