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Cite as: [2013] UKICO FER0486845, [2013] UKICO FER486845
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Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decision Notice) [2013] UKICO FER0486845 (03 December 2013)
Summary: The complainant has requested all the communications related to a letter Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), sent to the Prime Minister asking him to remove responsibility for renewable energy from one of his ministers, together with the legal advice that underpinned that request. He also requested other communications relating to renewable energy and between Ed Davey, his Minister, the Treasury and the Prime Minister. The DECC withheld the information under regulation 12(4)(e) -“ internal communications and regulation 13 -“ personal data. The Commissioner-™s decision is that DECC correctly applied regulation 12(4)(e) to the information. However in respect of some of the information he finds the public interest favours disclosing those communications. The commissioner is satisfied that the personal data of junior civil servants can be withheld under regulation 13, however he also finds that information identifying the department which one official worked for should be disclosed. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: disclose the letter requested in part one of the request; disclose some of the information falling within the third and fourth parts of the request.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 12.4.e - Complaint Partly Upheld, EIR 13 - Complaint Partly Upheld