25 May 2017, Central government
The complainant asked the public authority to disclose a record of a conversation that took place between former President of the United States of America, George Bush and former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on 16 April 2004. The public authority withheld the requested information in reliance on the exemptions contained at sections 27(1)(a), (c) and (d) and 27(2) FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to withhold the requested information on the basis of the exemptions contained at sections 27(1)(a), (c) and (d) FOIA.
FOI 27: Not upheld