22 October 2015, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) seeking correspondence it may have exchanged with a number of named individuals (or their representatives) during the period between November 2013 and March 2015 concerning the Iraq Inquiry. The FCO refused to confirm whether it held any information falling within the scope of the request on the basis of section 41(2) of FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that the FCO was entitled to rely on this exemption to refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds any of the requested information.
FOI 41: Not upheld