Cabinet Office
- Date 2 December 2014
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 22: Not upheld, FOI 35: Not upheld, FOI 37: Not upheld, FOI 41: Not upheld
The complainant requested a copy of the most recent version of the public authority’s Precedent Book. The public authority withheld the book on the basis of sections 22(1), 27(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), 35(1)(a) and (b), 37(1)(a), 37(1)(ad), 40(2) and 41(1). The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to rely on the exemptions at sections 22(1), 35(1)(a) and (b), 37(1)(a), 37(1)(ad) and 41(1) to withhold the Precedent Book.