Cabinet Office

The complainant has requested whether information relating to the murder of Anna Lindh in 2003 was forwarded to COBR meetings on 16 and 17 of June 2016. The Cabinet Office refused to confirm or deny whether it held information within the scope of this request citing exclusions from its obligation to do so in sections 24 (national security) and section 27 (international relations). It upheld this at internal review. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office is entitled to rely on the exclusion at section 24(2) as a basis for refusing to confirm or deny whether it holds information within the scope of the request. No steps are required.