Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

The complainant has requested information from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) regarding cetacean strandings. DEFRA refused to provide the requested information, citing regulation 12(4)(d) of the EIR – material still in the course of completion.
The Commissioner’s decision is that DEFRA was correct to cite this exception and that the public interest lies in maintaining it.
The Commissioner does not require further steps.