Ministry of Justice (Central government) [2022] UKICO ic-105999 (1 March 2022)


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The complainant requested information about Caribbean judges sitting on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Ministry of Justice (the ‘MOJ’) initially said it did not hold the requested information. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the MOJ revised its position. It now said that the requested information was held but refused to provide it citing sections 35 of FOIA (formulation of government policy) and 40 (personal information). The complainant confirmed he was only concerned with the information withheld under section 35 so the Commissioner has not considered the MOJ’s reliance on section 40 any further. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MOJ has appropriately applied section 35(1)(a) of FOIA to the withheld information and that the balance of the public interest test favours maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner does not require the MOJ to take any steps as a result of this notice.

FOI 35: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: ic-105999

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