British
and Irish Legal Information Institute
Freely Available British and Irish Public Legal Information
[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback]
Information Commissioner's Office
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> Cabinet Office (Central government) [2024] UKICO 177893 (7 March 2024)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/177893.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 177893
[New search] [Printable PDF version] [Help]
Cabinet Office
The complainant has requested a copy of the Honours Secretaries' Handbook and related validation forms. The Cabinet Office disclosed the forms in full, and the Handbook with redactions made under sections 23(1) (Information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters) or 24(1) (National security) in the alternative, section 37(1)(b) (The conferring by the Crown of any honour or dignity) and section 40(2) (Personal information) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 37(1)(b) was applied correctly to all of the withheld information. The Cabinet Office did not complete its deliberations on the balance of the public interest within a reasonable time, and therefore breached section 17(3) of FOIA.FOI 37: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: 177893