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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
22 March 2016, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (‘the FCO’) for details of the Secretary of State’s previous visit to Saudi Arabia. The FCO confirmed that it holds information relevant to the request. It repeatedly advised the complainant that it required further time to consider the public interest test with regards to section 27 ‘International relations’. To date, the FCO has failed to provide the complainant with a substantive response. By failing to do so, the Commissioner has concluded that the FCO breached section 17(3) of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the FCO provide the complainant with a substantive response to his information request. If the FCO decides to withhold any information then the complainant should be provided with a refusal notice giving a full explanation as to why the information will not be disclosed, including details of any public interest test consideration.
FOI 17: Upheld