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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2023/237175.html
Cite as: [2023] UKICO 237175

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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The complainant has submitted a request to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) seeking information relating to a particular part of the Mountbatten archive, namely correspondence between Edwina Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru. The FCDO disclosed some information falling within the scope of the request but withheld further information on the basis of sections 40(2) (personal data) and 41(1) (information provided in confidence). The Commissioner’s decision is that the FCDO is entitled to rely on sections 40(2) and 41(1). However, he has also concluded that the FCDO breach section 17(3) given its delays in providing a substantive response to the request.

FOI 17(3): Complaint upheld FOI 40(2): Complaint not upheld FOI 41(1): Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: 237175