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Cite as: [2014] UKICO FS50496840
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Department for Communities and Local Government (Decision Notice) [2014] UKICO FS50496840 (10 March 2014)
Summary: The complainant has requested from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) information relating to the estimate for the number of Romanians and Bulgarians expected to arrive in the UK following the lifting of labour market controls. DCLG confirmed that the government had decided not to make estimates of the numbers of Romanians and Bulgarians expected to migrate but did point the complainant to literature that was already in the public domain in this area. The DCLG also identified information it held consisting of Cabinet Committee papers and emails that related to the government-™s broader domestic planning for the lifting of labour market restrictions. However, it claimed that this information was exempt from disclosure under sections 35(1)(a) and (b) (government policy) of FOIA or, in the alternative, sections 36(2)(a)(i) and 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii) (prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs) of FOIA. The Commissioner has been asked to consider the DCLG-™s decision to withhold information under these exemptions and has found that sections 35(1)(a) and (b) are engaged and that, in all the circumstances, the public interest favours maintaining the exemptions. The Commissioner does not therefore require any steps to be taken by the DCLG as a result of this notice.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 35 - Complaint Not upheld