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Department for International Development
14 December 2015, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the Department for Information Development (DFID) seeking a copy of a report produced by an external elections expert about the electoral processes in Bangladesh. DFID initially withheld this report on the basis of section 27(1) (international relations) and section 40(2) (personal data) of FOIA. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, DFID disclosed the requested information to the complainant. The Commissioner has concluded that DFID breached section 10(1) of FOIA by not providing this information within 20 working days of the complainant’s request.
FOI 10: Upheld