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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2018/fs50709804.html
Cite as: [2018] UKICO fs50709804

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Scotland Office

The complainant submitted a request to the Scotland Office seeking copies of communications it exchanged with the HM Treasury, along with notes of any meetings between the two departments, about the confidence and supply arrangement with the DUP which the government agreed in June 2017. The Scotland Office refused to confirm or deny whether it held any information falling within the scope of the request on the basis of the exemptions contained at sections 28(2), by virtue of section 28(1) (relations within the UK) and 35(3) by virtue of sections 35(1)(a) (formulation and development of government policy) and (b) (Ministerial communications) of FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that section 28(2) is not engaged. She accepts that section 35(3) is engaged, however she has concluded that the public interest in the Scotland Office confirming whether it holds the requested information outweighs the public interest maintaining the exemption.

FOI 35: Complaint upheld FOI 28: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: fs50709804