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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2023/173098.html
Cite as: [2023] UKICO 173098

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Cabinet Office

The complainant requested information from the Cabinet Office relating to domestic travel by the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister’s and minister’s carbon footprints. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office is not entitled to rely on regulation 12(4)(b) (manifestly unreasonable) to refuse to comply with the request. The Commissioner requires the Cabinet Office to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. Issue a fresh response to the request which does not rely on regulation 12(4)(b) of the EIR. The Cabinet Office must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.

EIR 12(4)(b): Complaint upheld

Decision notice: 173098