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Ministry of Defence
23 October 2017, Central government
The complainant submitted a request to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) seeking the name of the individual who had written a letter to him. He also asked to be provided with the Nuclear Secretariat’s full contact address. The MOD withheld the name of the individual on the basis of section 40(2) (personal data) of FOIA. After initially citing section 21 (information reasonably available be other means), the MOD provided the contact address. The Commissioner has concluded that name of the individual is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 40(2) of FOIA. However, she has also concluded that the MOD breached section 10(1) both in its failure to respond to the request within 20 working days and by not providing the Nuclear Secretariat’s full contact address within the same timeframe.
FOI 40: Not upheld FOI 10: Upheld