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  • Date 5 January 2024
  • Sector Central government
  • Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 17: Upheld, FOI 35: Not upheld

The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office is entitled to withhold some of the requested information associated with a meeting between the Rt Hon Chris Philp MP and Facewatch Ltd under section 35(1)(a) of FOIA. This is because the information relates to the formulation of government policy. The Home Office breached sections 1(1), 10(1) and 17(1) of FOIA as it didn’t comply with section 1(1) or issue a refusal notice within the statutory timeframe. It’s not necessary for the Home Office to take any corrective steps.