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  • Date 29 February 2016
  • Sector Central government
  • Decision(s) FOI 17: Upheld, FOI 37: Not upheld

The complainant requested a file dating from 1954 to 1957 concerning the conferment of the title of Prince on the Duke of Edinburgh. The Home Office withheld the majority of this information under the exemption provided by section 37(1)(a) of the FOIA (communications with the Sovereign) and the remainder under 37(1)(b) (conferring of honours). The Commissioner finds that sections 37(1)(a) and 37(1)(b) were both applied correctly and requires no steps to be taken.