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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2021/ic-48408.html
Cite as: [2021] UKICO IC-48408
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HM Treasury
The complainant requested copies of correspondence between the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, The RT Hon Lord Hammond of Runnymede Philip Hammond and Treasury officials on the cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero in the UK. The public authority withheld the information held within the scope of the request relying on the exception in regulation 12(4)(e) EIR. The Commissioner concluded that the public authority was entitled to rely on the exception in regulation 12(4)(e) EIR. The Commissioner however finds the public authority in breach of 11(4) EIR for failing to complete its internal review within 40 working days.EIR 11(4): Complaint upheld EIR 12(4)(e): Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: IC-48408