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Department for Education (Decision Notice) [2013] UKICO FS50491842 (09 December 2013)
Summary: The complainant has requested a copy of the draft national curriculum for history that had been shared with a named government adviser in advance of a formal proposal for changes to the national curriculum being published as part of a consultation exercise. The Department for Education (DfE) refused the request on the basis that the information was exempt under section 35(1)(a) -“ information relating to the development or formulation of government policy and the public interest favoured maintaining that exemption. During the Commissioner-™s investigation the DfE applied section 36 -“ prejudice to the conduct of public affairs, in the alternative. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the DfE was correct to refuse the request under section 35(1)(a). It follows that he has not gone on to consider the application of section 36.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 35 - Complaint Not upheld