Information Commissioner's Office

Met Office

19 June 2014, Education (Other)

The complainant made an information request to the Met Office for copies of the Zero Order drafts of the 2007 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The Met Office refused the request under the exceptions in regulation 12(5)(a) (Adversely affect international relations) and regulation 12(5)(f) (Adversely affect interests of information provider) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the regulation 12(5)(a) exception was correctly applied and the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosure. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.  Information Tribunal appeal EA/2014/0170 dismissed

EIR 12(5)(a): Not upheld