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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/254887.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 254887
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Ministry of Defence
The complainant submitted a request the Ministry of Defence (MOD) seeking a range of information about the Army Officer Selection Board (AOSB), including “detailed selection criteria and [the] pre-set standard” against which candidates are assessed. The MOD initially responded to this part of the request by stating that it did not hold any information in scope. At the internal review stage, it explained that it had identified a “framework” which it considered to fall within the scope of the request. However, the MOD withheld this on the basis of section 26(1)(b) (defence) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 26(1)(b) of FOIA and that in all the circumstances of the request the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. However, it did breach section 17(1) of FOIA by failing to provide the complainant with a refusal citing section 26(1)(b) with 20 working days of the request.FOI 17: Complaint upheld FOI 26: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: 254887