Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) seeking declassification of a document concerning the political situation in Italy in 1947. The FCO sought to withhold the requested information on the basis of section 23(1) (security bodies) or, in the alternative, section 24(1) (national security) of FOIA. 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. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2019/0450 appeal dismissed.