Cabinet Office
- Date 23 August 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 27: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information on the reversibility of the United Kingdom’s (‘UK’) Article 50 notification of the intention to withdraw from the European Union (‘EU’). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office has appropriately applied FOIA section 27(4)(a) (International relations) to refuse to confirm or deny holding information in the scope of the request. She considers that the public interest favours maintaining the exclusion. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.