7 September 2015, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the public authority for information in relation to an individual known as Alexander Joseph Patrick Wilson and for material retained from file FO 1093/263 available at the National Archives. The Commissioner’s decision is that; the public authority does not hold information within the scope of the complainant’s request in relation to Alexander Joseph Patrick Wilson (Part a of the request). The public authority was entitled to withhold the material retained from file FO 1093/263 in reliance on the exemption at section 23(1) FOIA (Part b of the request). The public authority breached section 10(1) FOIA. No steps required. This decision notice is currently under appeal to the Tribunal.
FOI 10: Upheld FOI 23: Not upheld