The complainant submitted a request to the Ministry of Defence seeking access to fax cover sheet sent to the Veterans Welfare Service regarding a claim for payment following the death in service of the complainant’s son. The MOD provided the complainant with a redacted version of the document in question but sought to withhold the redacted information on the basis of section 40(2) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the redacted information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 40(2) of FOIA.
FOI 40: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2019] UKICO FS50834927
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 22 October 2022; Ref: scu.650340