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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

  • Date 14 November 2022
  • Sector Central government
  • Decision(s) FOI 27: Not upheld

The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) information about the attack on the Dusit D2 complex that happened in January 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. The FCDO refused to confirm or deny whether it held any information on the basis of sections 24(2) (national security) and 27(4) (international relations) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the FCDO is entitled to refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds any information falling within the scope of the request on the basis of section 27(4) of FOIA.