ICO The complainant submitted a request to the Cabinet Office for information which had been retained from a number of different files when the files had been transferred to The National Archives. The Cabinet Office refused to disclose the requested information relying on the exemptions contained at sections 23 (security bodies), 24 (national security), 26 (defence), 27 (international relations) and 40 (personal data). The Commissioner has concluded that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of either section 23(1) or section 24(1) of FOIA.
FOI 23: Not upheld FOI 24: Not upheld
[2016] UKICO FS50597929
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