Information Commissioner's Office

Ministry of Defence

7 April 2015, Central government

The complainant has submitted two requests to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) seeking information about atomic bombs tests which took place in 1958. The MOD explained that it did not hold information falling within the scope of the first request albeit that it had located some information which may fall within the scope of request 2 and it provided the complainant with an annotated version of this. The complainant disputed that the MOD’s position that it did hold any information falling with the scope of request 1 and also argued that the information provided was not relevant to request 2, albeit that he believed that the MOD was likely to hold some information of relevance falling within the scope of that request. The Commissioner has concluded that the information initially provided to the complainant does not fall within the scope of request 2. Furthermore, the Commissioner has concluded that the MOD does not, on the balance of probabilities, hold any information falling within the scope of either request. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2015/0096 dismissed.

FOI 1: Not upheld