Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

The complainant submitted a request to Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) seeking copies of correspondence it had exchanged with Nominet during February, March and April 2022. DCMS confirmed that it held information falling within the scope of the request but sought to withhold this on the basis of section 36(2)(c) (effective conduct of public affairs) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 36(2)(c) is not engaged.