Ministry of Defence

The complainant requested from the public authority information comprising briefings and summary reports following site visits by the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) staff to the Y – 12 facility regarding the proposed development of an enriched uranium facility at AWE Aldermaston. The public authority relied on the exemptions contained in sections 24, 27 and 38 the Act to withhold information. After viewing the withheld information the Commissioner found that section 27(1)(a) is engaged and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in release. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2011/0004 dismissed.