Department for International Development
- Date 9 August 2012
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.5.a: Not upheld, FOI 27: Not upheld
The complainant requested information in relation to a meeting between the British High Commissioner to India and senior officials of the Indian state of Orissa. The public authority withheld most of the information on the basis of sections 27(1) (a), (c), (d), 27(2) and 43(2) of FOIA. It withheld the remainder on the basis of the exceptions at regulations 12(4)(e), 12(5)(a) and 12(5)(f) of the EIR. The Commissioner found that the public authority was entitled to withhold all of the information within the scope of the request on the basis of sections 27(1) (a), (c), (d) and regulation 12(5)(a). The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.