Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Date 31 January 2019
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 14: Not upheld
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) about a complaint he made to it regarding its consular service. The FCO refused to comply with the request on the basis of section 14(1) of FOIA because it considered it to be vexatious. The Commissioner has concluded that the request is vexatious and therefore the FCO is not obliged to respond to the request by virtue of section 14(1) of FOIA.