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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
26 July 2016, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for information it held about meetings and correspondence between it and Shell which involved Sean Winnett, Shell’s Head of UK Government Relations. The FCO disclosed the information it held to the complainant but made a number of redactions on the basis of the exemptions contained at the following sections of FOIA: section 27(1) (international relations), 29 (economy), 38 (health and safety), 40 (personal data), 41 (information provided in confidence) and 43 (commercial interests). The Commissioner has concluded that the redacted information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 27(1), 41(1) and 43(2).
FOI 27: Not upheld FOI 41: Not upheld FOI 43: Not upheld