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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/255443.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 255443

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Cabinet Office

The complainant requested information held by the Cabinet Office which comprised of, records or is related to contact with the ICO as referred to in the Minister of State’s letter to Bambos Charalambous MP of 9 January 2023.The Cabinet Office relied on section 36(2)(c) and 40(2)(personal data) to withhold some of the requested information from the complainant. The Commissioner is not satisfied that the Cabinet Office correctly relied on section 36(2)(c) to withhold some of the requested information.The Cabinet Office did not complete its deliberations on the balance of the public interest test within a reasonable time, and late relied on new exemptions; therefore it breached section 17(3) and 17(1) respectively of FOIA. The Commissioner requires Cabinet Office to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: • Disclose its team email addresses, as described in paragraph 17, to the complainant. • Disclose the email described in paragraph 33, or issue a valid refusal notice explaining why it, or any of its content, is exempt from disclosure. • Take appropriate measures to determine if it holds any further requested information that comprises of internal emails or internal correspondence that fall within scope of the request. If it does hold such information, it should disclose it to the complainant or issue a valid refusal notice explaining why it is exempt from disclosure.

FOI 36: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: 255443