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Cite as: [2021] UKICO IC-70829

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National Archives

The complainant has requested information from The National Archives (TNA) held in closed files ‘PREM 19/4418/1 and 19/4418/2 from the open parent piece PREM 19/4418: ROYAL FAMILY. Prince Charles' interest in youth unemployment: The Prince's Trust; The Prince's Youth Business Trust; part 1. TNA withheld the requested information citing section 37(1)(a) and later amended this to section 37(1)(aa) which relates to communications with the heir to the throne. TNA also cited section 40(2) and section 41 regarding the withheld information. TNA denied that the files contained any environmental information falling within the scope of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that TNA was correct in withholding most of the information on the basis of the exemption at section 37(1)(aa). However, the Commissioner considers that some limited information falls within the scope of the EIR 2004. The Commissioner also finds that TNA breached section 10(1) FOIA by not responding within the statutory timeframe. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. • Issue a further response to the complainant under the EIR solely regarding the parts of the information held in PREM 19/4418/1 identified in the confidential annex to this decision notice.

FOI 37(1)(aa): Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: IC-70829