Department for Exiting the European Union

The complainant has requested information relating to the decision or chain of decisions that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. Department for Exiting the European Union refused to comply with the request under section 12(2) of the Act as it considered compliance would exceed the appropriate limit. The Commissioner ‘s decision is that Department for Exiting the European Union is entitled to rely on section 12(2) of the Act to refuse to comply with the request. The Commissioner does not require Department for Exiting the European Union to take any further steps.