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Home Office (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50425384 (02 April 2012)
Summary: The complainant requested information relating to an attempted murder. The Home Office refused to confirm or deny whether it held this information and cited the exemptions provided by sections 23(5) (information relating to, or supplied by, security bodies) and 24(2) (national security). The Information Commissioner-™s decision is that the Home Office applied sections 23(5) and 24(2) correctly and so it is not required to confirm or deny if it holds information falling within the scope of the complainant-™s request. However, the Commissioner also finds that the Home Office breached the requirement to provide advice and assistance imposed by section 16(1) in that it did not advise the complainant that requests for government information held elsewhere than the Home Office should be made to the appropriate government departments.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 16 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 23 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 24 - Complaint Not upheld