Home Office

The complainant requested information relating to voluntary returns surgeries. The Home Office refused to provide the requested information citing section 31(1)(e) (law enforcement – the operation of the immigration controls) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the exemption provided by section 31(1)(e) was not engaged. The Commissioner requires the Home Office to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: disclose the withheld surgery locations and host organisation names from the list of surgery names and addresses provided to the Commissioner.