Cabinet Office
- Date 15 December 2014
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 12: Not upheld, FOI 16: Upheld
The complainant has requested information from the Cabinet Office (CO) about costs of official entertainment at Chequers and Chevening since 2009. The Cabinet office refused the request citing section 12 FOIA – cost of compliance exceeds the appropriate limit. The Commissioner’s decision is that the CO has correctly applied section 12 to the request. However he finds that the CO has breached section 16 by failing to adequately discharge its duty to provide advice and assistance. However, he does not require the public authority to take any further steps.