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Cabinet Office (Decision Notice) [2013] UKICO FS50435121 (28 January 2013)
Summary: The complainant has requested information concerning the involvement and association of the Cabinet Office with the organisation, Common Purpose. The Cabinet Office informed the complainant that it did not hold any such information. Following correspondence from the complainant disputing this assertion the Cabinet Office treated a further request for correspondence held concerning Common Purpose as vexatious under section 14(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Cabinet Office has not dealt with the complainant-™s linked requests appropriately under the Act. Specifically, the Cabinet Office breached section 1(1) - the Commissioner has found that the Cabinet did hold one document that fell within the scope of the 27 October request. This document should have been disclosed. However, he found that the Cabinet Office held no further information. He has not ordered a step in respect of this information as the complainant has provided clear evidence that she already has the document. The Commissioner also finds that the Cabinet Office were incorrect to rely on section 14(1) for the 2 December request. The Commissioner requires the public authority issue a fresh response to the 2 December request (excluding reliance on section 14).
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 14 - Complaint Upheld