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HM Treasury
30 November 2015, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the public authority for emails relating to the government’s handling of tax evasion and avoidance allegations made against HSBC Suisse. The public authority withheld the information held in reliance on the exemptions at sections 36(2)(b)(ii), 40(2) and 41(1) FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to withhold the information referred to as “the disputed information” in the body of this notice in reliance on the exemption at section 36(2)(b)(ii). No steps are required.
FOI 36: Not upheld