Information Commissioner's Office

Ministry of Defence

1 August 2016, Central government

The complainant submitted a request to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for correspondence and records it held about certain ministerial meetings with contractors which took place in early 2015. The MOD provided the complainant with some of the information it held but withheld further information on the basis of the exemptions contained at sections 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii), 36(2)(c) (effective conduct of public affairs), 43(2) (commercial interests), 26(1)(b) (defence) and 40(2) (personal data). The Commissioner is satisfied that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii) and that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest favours maintaining these exemptions.

FOI 36: Not upheld