Information Commissioner's Office

HM Treasury

12 March 2015, Central government

The complainant requested information relating to a Government consultation on introducing a statutory code for large pub-owning companies. The public authority subsequently disclosed most of the information held within the scope of the request. The authority however withheld a small amount of information in reliance on the exemptions at sections 35(1)(a), 40(2) and 43(2) FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to rely on the exemption at section 35(1)(a) to withhold all the information within the scope of the request not previously disclosed to the complainant (the disputed information). No steps required.

FOI 35: Not upheld