Home Office
- Date 17 November 2016
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 23: Not upheld, FOI 24: Not upheld, FOI 31: Not upheld
The complainant requested information to support a statement from the Office of the then Prime Minister, made in September 2015 that, in the previous year, at least 70 events featuring hate speakers had been held on university campuses. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office has correctly applied the section 31(1), 23(5) and 24(2) FOIA exemptions to withhold parts of the requested information and to neither confirm nor deny holding other parts of the requested information. She did not proceed to consider application of the section 38 and 40 FOIA exemptions. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.