Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Date 6 December 2022
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 23: Not upheld, FOI 24: Not upheld
The complainant has requested correspondence exchanged with the Cabinet Office’s FOI Clearing House regarding requests about Grenfell Tower. The above public authority provided some information but relied on either section 23 (security bodies) or section 24 of FOIA (national security) to withhold the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has either correctly cited section 23 or has correctly cited section 24 and, if it is section 24, the balance of the public interest favours maintaining that exemption. The Commissioner does not require further steps.