Home Office
- Date 6 March 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 17: Upheld, FOI 36: Not upheld
The complainant requested information held by the Extremism Analysis Unit relating to the Stop the War Coalition. The Home Office refused to confirm or deny whether it held information within the scope of the request and cited the exemption provided by section 36(3) (prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office cited section 36(3) correctly and so it was not obliged to confirm or deny whether it held the requested information. However, the Commissioner also finds that the Home Office breached section 17(3) of the FOIA by failing to respond to the request promptly.