HM Treasury
- Date 23 October 2019
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.4.a: Not upheld, FOI 37(2): Not upheld
The complainant requested copies of correspondence and communications between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and The Queen and or Prince Philip in relation to The Royal Yacht Britannia. The public authority confirmed that it did not hold any environmental information within the scope of the request. Relying on section 37(2) FOIA, the public authority neither confirmed nor denied holding any other information within the scope of the request. The Commissioner found that the public authority was entitled to conclude that it did not hold any environmental information within the scope of the request and to additionally rely on the exemption at section 37(2) FOIA.