Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant asked the Home Office (the -�public authority-�) to provide information relating to European Arrest Warrants. The public authority stated that it did not hold some of the information and withheld the remainder using the exemptions in sections 23(1) (information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters), 27(1) (international relations) and 35(1) (formulation of government policy) of the Freedom of Information Act (the -�Act-�). At a very late stage the public authority added section 31(1) (law enforcement). The Commissioner-�s decision is that in relation to part of the request the public authority failed to identify that some information was held. However, it also correctly concluded that further information was either not held or fell outside the scope of the request. He has found that some information was properly withheld under sections 23(1) and 27(1) but that sections 35(1) and 31(1) were not engaged. The complainant is partly upheld. The public authority-�s handling of the request resulted in a breach of certain procedural requirements of the Act as identified in this Notice.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 23 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 27 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 31 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 35 - Complaint Upheld