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Cabinet Office (Decision Notice) [2011] UKICO FS50373696 (16 August 2011)
Summary: The complainant requested correspondence sent from Baroness Warsi to the Deputy Prime Minister on the issue of electoral fraud, and information relating to this. The public authority refused the request, citing the exemptions provided by sections 35(1)(a) (information relating to the formulation or development of government policy) and 35(1)(b) (information relating to Ministerial communications). The Commissioner finds that the exemption provided by section 35(1)(b) was cited correctly and the public authority is not required to disclose this information. However, the Commissioner also finds that the public authority breached the procedural requirements of the Act in that it failed to respond to the request within 20 working days of receipt.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 35 - Complaint Not upheld