Attorney General's Office

The complainant has requested information relating to a specific investigation being carried out by the Serious Fraud Office, and details of any foreign bribery or overseas corruption cases regarding which the Attorney General had engaged with the Serious Fraud Office, since 2012. The Attorney General’s Office applied sections 31(1)(b) (prejudice to the apprehension or prosecution of offenders) and (c) (prejudice to the administration of justice) to some of the information, and would neither confirm nor deny holding the remainder by virtue of section 31(3) (law enforcement). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Attorney General’s Office has applied sections 31(1)(b) and (c) and section 31(3) appropriately. The Commissioner does not require the Attorney General’s Office to take any steps as a result of this decision.