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Cabinet Office (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50342095 (29 June 2011)
Summary: In March 2010 the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) asked the Cabinet Office to provide it with details, including relevant documentation, about the undertaking Lord Ashcroft gave when accepting a life peerage in March 2000. When providing its response to PASC, which was placed into the public domain at the time, the Cabinet Office noted that a small amount of correspondence concerning the nature of the undertaking had not been included but the content of this correspondence was nevertheless reflected in the documentation that the Cabinet Office was providing to PASC. The complainant-™s request in this case asked for the correspondence which the Cabinet Office did not provide to PASC. The Cabinet Office refused the request on the basis of sections 37(1)(b), 40(2) and 41(1). The complainant asked the Commissioner to consider the application of these exemptions. The Commissioner has decided that a number of documents falling within the scope of the request are not exempt from disclosure on the basis of these exemptions and therefore they need to be disclosed. The remaining information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 37(1)(b). Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2011/0175 has been disposed of by way of a consent order.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 37 - Complaint Partly Upheld, FOI 40 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 41 - Complaint Upheld