Cabinet Office
- Date 20 December 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 23: Not upheld, FOI 24: Not upheld
The complainant submitted a request to the Cabinet Office seeking information about the threat of terrorism if the UK intervened in Libya in 2011. The Cabinet Office confirmed that it held information falling within the scope of the request but sought to withhold this on the basis of sections 23(1) (security bodies), 24(1) (national security) and 27(1)(a) and (c) (international relations) of FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that the information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 23(1) and 24(1) of FOIA and in respect of section 24(1) the public interest favours maintaining this exemption.