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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
27 April 2017, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) for information about a meeting between a particular FCO Minister and Jonathan Arkush, President of the Board of Deputies. The FCO confirmed that it held information falling within the scope of the request but explained that it needed additional time to consider the balance of the public interest test. To date, the FCO has failed to complete its public interest test deliberations. By failing to complete these deliberations within a reasonable timeframe the Commissioner has concluded that the FCO has breached section 17(3) of FOIA. The Commissioner therefore requires the FCO to provide the complainant with a substantive response to his request.
FOI 17: Upheld