Cabinet Office
- Date 16 May 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 35: Not upheld, FOI 42: Upheld
The complainant requested information held in relation to the decision to change the name of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The information was withheld by the public authority on the basis of the exemptions at sections 35(1)(a) and 42(1) FOIA. The Commissioner concluded that the public authority was entitled to rely on the exemption at section 42(1) to withhold some of the information but was not entitled to rely on the exemption at section 35(1)(a) to withhold the rest of the information.