Information Commissioner's Office

Home Office

30 October 2017, Central government

The complainant requested information relating to Border Force disciplinary matters including the number of Border Force Officials dismissed and otherwise disciplined, within a specified timeframe, for committing a criminal offence while on duty. The Home Office provided some information but refused to provide the remainder citing section 40(2) of the FOIA (personal information). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office incorrectly applied the exemption for personal data at section 40(2) of the FOIA as the withheld information is sufficiently anonymised to take it out of the definition of personal data. The Commissioner requires the Home Office to disclose the withheld information

FOI 40: Not upheld