Department for International Development
- Date 21 December 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 27: Not upheld
The complainant submitted a request to the Department for International Development (DFID) for information about work commissioned by the then Secretary of State, Priti Patel, about a humanitarian and development partnership between Israel and the UK. DFID confirmed that it held information falling within the scope of the request but sought to withhold it on the basis of the following sections of FOIA: 27(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d) and 27(2) (international relations), 35(1)(a) (formulation and development of government policy), 35(1)(b) (Ministerial communications) and 40(2) (personal data). The Commissioner has concluded that the requested information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 27(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d) and that in all of the circumstances of this case the public interest favours maintaining these exemptions.