Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Central government) [2019] UKICO fs50803609 (23 January 2019)


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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) seeking information about a trip the then Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, had made to Afghanistan. The FCO confirmed that it held information falling within the scope of the request but explained that it considered the requested information to be exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 38 (health and safety) of FOIA and it needed additional time to consider the balance of the public interest test. To date, the FCO has failed to complete its public interest test deliberations in relation to the request. By failing to complete these deliberations within a reasonable timeframe the Commissioner has concluded that the FCO has breached section 17(3) of FOIA in respect of its handling of this request.

FOI 17: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: fs50803609

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