Ministry of Defence

The complainant submitted a request to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) seeking information about the clearance process of two books written by a former MOD employee, Nick Pope, as well as information about Mr Pope’s role at the MOD. The MOD responded by stating that it did not hold any information falling within the scope of his request. The MOD explained that it also considered this to be a repeated request and section 14(2) of FOIA applied. The Commissioner is satisfied that on the balance of probabilities the MOD does not hold any information falling within the scope of the complainant’s request. She is also satisfied that the request is a repeated one to which the MOD was entitled to apply section 14(2) of FOIA.