Information Commissioner's Office

Cabinet Office

29 July 2014, Central government

The complainant has requested information about a government policy for identifying and managing underperforming suppliers of key goods and services. The Cabinet Office identified 38 items of information which it said were exempt under sections 35, 36, 40, 41, 42 and 43 of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office was entitled to rely on the exemptions at sections 35, 36, 42 and 43 to withhold some of the information. However, the Cabinet Office had also applied the exemptions incorrectly in respect of other information. The Commissioner also found breaches of section 10 and section 17. The Commissioner requires the Cabinet Office to disclose to the complainant items 1, 6, 7, 11, 25 and 26 of the information which the Cabinet Office identified as falling within scope of the request. Information Tribunal EA/2014/0214 withdrawn.

FOI 10: Upheld FOI 17: Upheld