Cabinet Office
- Date 21 June 2011
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld
In July 2010 the Cabinet Office published the broad salary details of individuals working for public bodies who earned more than £150,000. The Cabinet Office did not publish these details for 24 individuals as they did not consent to their details being released. The complainant requested their names and the reasons they had given for refusing consent from the Cabinet Office. The Cabinet Office relied on sections 40(2) and 41 to refuse the request. The Commissioner decided that the withheld names were not exempt from disclosure but that the reasons were by virtue of section 40(2). The Commissioner orders the Cabinet Office to disclose the names.