Home Office
- Date 30 October 2017
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 31: Partly upheld, FOI 38: Partly upheld
The complainant has requested information from the Home Office (the “HO”) about events at universities featuring hate speakers. The HO provided some information but withheld the remainder citing sections 31(1)(a) (law enforcement) and 38(1)(a) & (b) (health and safety) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the HO was entitled to rely in part on the exemption at section 31(1)(a). However, she does not consider that any exemption cited is engaged in respect of the total number of events recorded for each year requested. The Commissioner requires the HO to take disclose the number of events featuring hate speakers on university campuses recorded by the Extremism Analysis Unit in 2014, 2015 and 2016.