Summary: The complainant requested information relating to a farewell dinner hosted by the Foreign Secretary in honour of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) disclosed some information within the scope of the request but withheld the remainder - information regarding the production of a video farewell by the cast of Downton Abbey - citing sections 27(1)(a), (c) and (d) (international relations) and section 40 (personal information) of the FOIA. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the FCO correctly applied section 27(1)(d). He requires no steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 27 - Complaint Not upheld