Scotland Office

The complainant submitted a request to the Scotland Office seeking information about its social media campaigns. It provided the complainant with some information but sought to withhold information about the evaluations of these campaigns on the basis of section 35(1)(a) (formulation and development of government policy) and information about the costs of the campaigns on the basis of section 43(2) commercial interests. The Commissioner has concluded that the Scotland Office can rely on these exemptions in the manner in which it has to withhold the information about the evaluation of the campaigns and the cost of these campaigns.