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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2023/214027.html
Cite as: [2023] UKICO 214027

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HM Treasury

The complainant has requested information concerning a meeting which took place on 11 March 2022 between Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee. HM Treasury confirmed that they held information within scope of the request but they considered this to be exempt from disclosure in its entiriety on the basis of sections 27(1))(a)(b)(d)(international relations) and 29(1)(a)(b)(the economy). HM Treasury also applied section 40(2)(third party personal data) to some of the withheld information. The Commissioner has concluded that HM Treasury correctly applied 27(1)(a) to most of the information within scope of the request and that the public interest favours maintaining the exemption to the relevant information. However, the Commissioner has found that some of the information within scope of the request is not exempt under section 27(1)(a) or any other of the exemptions applied by HM Treasury. The Commissioner requires HM Treasury to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. • Provide the complainant with a redacted copy of the briefing document, which discloses the information detailed in the Confidential Annex attached to this notice, with the exception of the information detailed in paragraph 11 of the Annex. The public authority 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.

FOI 27: Complaint partly upheld

Decision notice: 214027