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Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Decision Notice) [2014] UKICO FS50494330 (17 March 2014)
Summary: The complainant requested all information, dating from February 2007 to February 2010, relating to the medical condition of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who was convicted of responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) refused to disclose this information and relied on the exemptions provided by the following sections of the FOIA: 27 (prejudice to international relations) 28 (prejudice to relations within the UK) 40 (personal information of third parties) 41 (information provided in confidence) The Commissioner-™s decision is that all of the information in question is exempt under either section 27 or section 41. The FCO is not, therefore, required to disclose this information.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 27 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 41 - Complaint Not upheld