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Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

  • Date 30 March 2011
  • Sector Central government
  • Decision(s) FOI 12: Not upheld
The complainant asked the DCMS (the “public authority”) to provide information relating to EnglandNet. The public authority refused to disclose this using the exemptions in sections 12, 27, 42 and 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the “Act”). During the course of the investigation it determined that it wished to cite section 12 in relation to the entire request. The Commissioner’s decision is that compliance with the request would exceed the appropriate limit. He has not therefore considered the applicability of the other exemptions The complaint is not upheld. The public authority’s handling of the request also resulted in breaches of certain procedural requirements of the Act as identified in this Notice.