Department for Business and Trade
- Date 16 May 2023
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 27: Not upheld, FOI 29(1)(a): Not upheld, FOI 36(2)(b)(i): Not upheld, FOI 36(2)(b)(ii): Not upheld, FOI 36(2)(c): Not upheld, FOI 40(2): Not upheld, FOI 43(2): Not upheld
The complainant has submitted a request to the Department for International Trade (DIT) (now, Department for Business and Trade, DBT) seeking correspondence between Ben Houchen, (Tees Valley Mayor) and Lord Grimstone and details of meeting between them for the period March 2020 to November 2021. DIT confirmed that it held information falling within the scope of the request and disclosed some of this to the complainant but withheld the remainder on the basis of the following sections of FOIA: 27(1)(a), (c) and (d) (international relations), 29(1)(a) (economy), 36(2)(b)(i), (ii) and (c) (effective conduct of public affairs), 40(2) (personal data), 41(1) (information provided in confidence) and 43(2) (commercial interests).