Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Date 7 November 2022
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 38: Not upheld
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) seeking information about the details and funding amounts it had provided to a program of the Norwegian Refugee Council in occupied Palestinian territory for the years 2018-2020. The FCDO provided the complainant with some of the information falling within the scope of his request but sought to withhold the names of the subcontractors receiving funding on the basis of sections 38(1)(a) and (b).
The Commissioner’s decision is that this information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 38(1)(a) and (b) and that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest favours maintaining the exemptions. Information Tribunal FTT EA/2023/0011 appeal allowed in part.