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Cite as: [2012] UKICO FS50387192
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Cabinet Office (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50387192 (10 September 2012)
Summary: The complainant requested information concerning international aid policy and national security. The Cabinet Office refused to disclose this information and cited the exemption provided by section 35(1)(a) (information relating to formulation or development of government policy) of the FOIA. It also later cited sections 23(5) (information relating to security bodies) and 24(2) (national security) and stated that it neither confirmed nor denied whether it held any further information falling within the scope of the request. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Cabinet Office has dealt with the request correctly in relation to the majority of the information in connection with which section 35(1)(a) was cited. However, in relation to a minority of this information, the Commissioner finds that this exemption was not cited correctly. The Commissioner also finds that the Cabinet Office cited sections 23(5) and 24(2) correctly in relation to any other information that it may or may not hold. The Commissioner requires the public authority disclose the information specified at paragraph 35 below in relation to which the Commissioner finds that the public interest in the maintenance of the exemption does not outweigh the public interest in disclosure.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 23 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 24 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 35 - Complaint Partly Upheld