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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2022/46882.html
Cite as: [2022] UKICO 46882
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Cabinet Office
The complainant has requested information relating to an alleged breach of the Business Appointment Rules (BARs) and Ministerial Code by the Home Secretary, Priti Patel (Ms Patel not being a serving Minister at the time). The Cabinet Office withheld all the information under section 36 (prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs) of the FOIA. The Cabinet Office also withheld some of the information under sections 21 (information already reasonably accessible to the applicant) and 40(2)(third party personal data). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office correctly applied section 36 to the withheld information but that the public interest balance favours disclosure of the information. The Commissioner also finds that the Cabinet Office correctly applied section 21 to some of the information held. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Disclose the withheld information to the complainant, with all names redacted except the three individuals specified in the Confidential Annex.FOI 36: Complaint upheld
Decision notice: 46882