Cabinet Office

The complainant has requested two Joint Intelligence Committee reports. The Cabinet Office withheld these reports relying on section 23(1)(security bodies) or, in the alternative, section 24(1)(national security) and section 27, international relations, of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office is entitled to rely on section 23(1) or 24(1) in the alternative to withhold the entirety of the requested information. The Commissioner does not require any steps.