Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) seeking information about a minister’s trip to the British Virgin Islands in March 2022. The FCDO disclosed some of the information falling within the scope of the request but withheld the remainder on the basis of sections 27(1)(a) and (c) (international relations) and 40(2) (personal data) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of these exemptions.