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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
3 February 2015, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) for a copy of the file it held concerning the Birthday Honours List for 1974. The FCO argued that the information was exempt from disclosure under section 23(1) (security bodies) or in the alternative section 24(1) (national security) of FOIA. It also sought to apply the exemptions contained at sections 37(1)(b) (honours) and 40(2) (personal data). The Commissioner has concluded that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 37(1)(b) of FOIA and that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest favours maintaining the exemption.
FOI 37: Not upheld