Cabinet Office
- Date 28 March 2024
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 11.4: Upheld, EIR 12.4.a: Not upheld, FOI 37(2): Not upheld
The complainant submitted an information request to the Cabinet Office for correspondence between the then Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, and the former Prime Minister John Major, relating to organic farming between 1 January 1993 and 31 December 1993.
The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the Cabinet Office does not hold the requested environmental information and therefore has complied with regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR.
The Commissioner additionally finds that the Cabinet Office was entitled to neither confirm nor deny whether they held any non-environmental information within scope of the request, under section 37(2) by virtue of 37(1)(aa) of FOIA.
The Commissioner does not require further steps, as a result of this decision notice.