Civil Aviation Authority

The complainant submitted a request to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) seeking information about security checks. The CAA confirmed that it held some information falling within the scope of the request but sought to withhold this on the basis of section 24 (national security) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the CAA correctly applied section 24(1) of the FOIA to withhold information. The Commissioner does not require the CAA to take any steps.