Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Date 23 November 2022
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 14: Not upheld, FOI 23: Not upheld, FOI 24: Not upheld
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) containing five questions about rendition to Libya. The FCDO refused to confirm or deny whether it held any information falling within the scope of questions 1 to 4 on the basis of sections 23(5) (security bodies), 24(2) (national security), 27(4) (international relations) and 40(5) (personal data) of FOIA. It refused to comply with question 5 on the basis of section 14(1) (vexatious). The Commissioner’s decision is that the FCDO can refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds any information falling within the scope of questions 1 to 4 on the basis of sections 23(5) and 24(2) of FOIA and that it can refuse to comply with request 5 on the basis of section 14(1) of FOIA.