Department for Business and Trade

The complainant has requested communications between Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Scottish Government regarding the sale of Dalzell and Clydebridge Steel Plants in 2016. BEIS confirmed that it held information falling within the scope of the request but considered to be exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 27(1)(b) (international relations), 28(1) (relations with the UK), 42(1) (legal professional privilege) and 43(2) (commercial interests). The Commissioner’s decision is that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 27(1)(b), 28(1) and 43(2).