Cabinet Office
- Date 16 May 2024
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 14(1): Upheld
The complainant made three requests for information relating to the
ALPHA Civil Service Pension Scheme and protocols/Rules of Conduct
talking to the Press. The Cabinet Office refused to comply with all three
requests on the basis that they were vexatious under section 14(1) of
FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the three requests are not vexatious
and the Cabinet Office is not therefore entitled to rely on section 14(1). The Commissioner requires the Cabinet Office to provide the requested information to all three of the complainant’s requests, or issue an appropriate refusal notices for the requests which does not rely on section 14(1).