Cabinet Office
- Date 26 January 2015
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 35: Not upheld
The complainant submitted three requests to the Cabinet Office to confirm the dates that the Cabinet or a Cabinet committee met to discuss allegations of impropriety at the World Bank Group and whether the Cabinet or one of its committees had sought and received legal advice on this topic. The Cabinet Office refused to confirm or deny whether it held information falling with the scope of any of the three requests on the basis of section 35(3) of FOIA. It also refused to confirm or deny whether it held any legal advice on the basis of section 42(2) of FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that the Cabinet Office is entitled to rely on section 35(3) to refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds information falling within the three requests, including any legal advice.