Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The complainant submitted an information request to the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Administrator, who stated that BIOT was not a public authority under the EIR. The complainant maintained that the BIOT Administrator was acting on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (the FCDO). The Commissioner’s decision is that the BIOT Administrator is not part of the FCDO, nor does he act on the FCDO’s behalf. Consequently a request made to the BIOT Administrator is not made to the FCDO for the purposes of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.