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Cite as: [2020] UKICO fs50871780

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Ministry of Justice

The complainant made a four-part request relating to the Court Security Officers (Designation) Regulations 2005. The Ministry of Justice (the ‘MOJ’) initially cited section 21 for parts one to three (information accessible to applicant by other means) but revised its position at internal review, and provided the requested information. For part four, the MOJ cited section 31(1) (c) (law enforcement) of FOIA and advised that the public interest test favoured withholding the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MOJ was not entitled to rely on section 31(1)(c) for the majority of the withheld information, which is a template letter. Her full position is set out in a confidential annex which will be provided to the MOJ only. However, she finds that one sentence within the template letter did engage the exemption and that the balance of the public interest favoured maintaining section 31(1)(c). The Commissioner requires the MOJ to disclose the withheld information with the exception of one sentence set out in the confidential annex within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice.

FOI 31: Complaint partly upheld

Decision notice: fs50871780