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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/263110.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 263110

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Ministry of Defence

The complainant submitted a multipart request to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) seeking information about a UK drone strike in Syria in 2015 which killed three individuals, two of whom were UK nationals. The MOD confirmed that it held information falling within the scope of the request but sought to refuse this on the basis of range of exemptions, namely section 23(1) or section 24(1) cited in the alternative for parts 1-3 of the request, section 23(1) for parts 4a) to c) of the request; and sections 26 (defence), 27 (international relations), 35(1)(a) (formulation or development of government policy), 35(1)(c) (Law officers’ advice) and 42 (legal professional privilege) of FOIA for various parts of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the information in scope of parts 1 to 3 of the request is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 23(1) or section 24(1) of FOIA, and that the information in the scope of parts 4a) to c) of the request is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 23(1) of FOIA.

FOI 24: Complaint not upheld FOI 23: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: 263110