Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) seeking access to the file ‘FO 1030/270’ which concerned post World War Two Germany. The FCO sought to withhold the information on the basis of section 23(1) (security bodies) or, in the alternative section 24(1) (national security). The Commissioner has concluded that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 23(1) or section 24(1) of FOIA.