Cabinet Office
- Date 2 March 2022
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 35: Not upheld
The complainant submitted a request to the Cabinet Office seeking minutes of any Cabinet meeting from 2020 where the review into the fit and proper person test carried out by Tom Kark QC was discussed. The Cabinet Office refused to confirm or deny whether it held the requested information on the basis of section 35(3) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office is entitled to rely on section 35(3) of FOIA to refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds the requested information.