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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2019/fer0739456.html
Cite as: [2019] UKICO fer0739456, [2019] UKICO fer739456

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Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

The complainant has requested any correspondence between the Prince of Wales and the Secretary of State on the subject of hunting going back to the beginning of 2017. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) refused the request under regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR on the basis that it did hold any environmental information and refused to confirm or deny it held any non-environmental information under section 37(2) of the FOIA which provides that a public authority is not obliged to confirm whether it holds information which constitutes a communication with the heir to the Throne. The Commissioner’s decision is that Defra does not hold any environmental information and therefore is entitled to refuse the request under regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR. Defra is also entitled to refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds any non-environmental information under section 37(2). The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further action in this matter.

FOI 37(2) : Complaint not upheld EIR 12(4)(a): Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: fer0739456