Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

The complainant has requested information on meetings between the public authority formerly known as the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) and McDonald’s. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority formerly known as BEIS has appropriately relied on section 35(1)(a) to redact the information provided. The Commissioner finds a breach of FOIA section 17(1) as it did not issue a refusal notice within the required timescales. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.