HM Treasury
- Date 22 November 2011
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 35: Not upheld
The complainant requested the briefing information provided by Treasury officials to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, in the first 24 hour period after his appointment as Chancellor on 12 May 2010. The Information Commissioner’s decision is that Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) correctly withheld the information requested under section 35(1)(a) of the FOIA.