Information Commissioner's Office

The complainant has requested files held by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ’s) compliance with the FOIA. The ICO confirmed information was held but refused to provide this on the basis of the exemption from disclosure at section 31 of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the ICO has correctly applied section 31(1)(g) in conjunction with 31(2)(c) and the public interest favours maintaining the exemption and withholding the information.