Home Office

The complainant has requested information about the Independent Review of Serious and Organised Crime. The Home Office disclosed some information but it refused to disclose a copy of the review report, on the grounds that it was exempt under section 23(1) (Information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters) of the FOIA. It also argued that section 31 (Law enforcement) applied. In the event that section 23(1) did not apply, it said that section 24 (National security) applied. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office was entitled to rely on section 23 to refuse the request.