Home Office

The complainant requested information from the Home Office about Border Force staffing levels in Northern Ireland during a specified two year period. The Home Office confirmed it held information within the scope of the request but refused to provide it, citing sections 31(1)(a) and (e) (law enforcement) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office was entitled to rely on sections 31(1)(a) and (e). No steps are required as a result of this decision