Cabinet Office

The complainant has requested information on the dates of meetings of the Union Policy Implementation Committee and the attendees at the meetings for a specific time period. The Commissioner’s decision, which is a finely balanced decision, is that the Cabinet Office may rely on section 35(1)(a) and (b), formulation of government policy and Ministerial communications, to withhold the requested information. The Commissioner would stress that she determined that the public interest favoured maintaining the exemption by a very narrow margin in the circumstances of this case. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2021/0203 under appeal