The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) seeking information about a visit David Cameron had made to Bahrain in January 2017. The FCDO provided the complainant with a digest of information falling within the scope of his request but redacted parts of it on the basis of sections 27(1)(a) (international relations), 38(1)(b) (health and safety) and 40(2) (personal data) of FOIA. The FCDO also refused to confirm or deny whether it held any further information falling within the scope of the request on the basis of sections 24(2) (national security) and 38(2) of FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that the information redacted by the FCDO is exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 27(1)(a) and 38(1)(b). She has also concluded that the FCDO is entitled to rely on section 38(2) to refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds any further information falling within the scope of this request.
FOI 27: Complaint not upheld FOI 38: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2020] UKICO IC-46866
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 22 August 2022; Ref: scu.657833