Ministry of Defence
- Date 31 October 2011
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 26: Not upheld, FOI 27: Not upheld, FOI 36: Not upheld, FOI 43: Not upheld
The complainant requested a copy of the report presented to the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Defence Board concerning the successor submarine project. The MOD provided the complainant with a redacted version of the report but withheld the remaining parts on the basis of the exemptions contained at sections 26(1)(a), 27(1)(a), 36(2)(b)(i), 36(2)(b)(ii), and 43(2) of the Act. The Commissioner has concluded that all of these exemptions have been relied on correctly.