Department for Business and Trade

The complainant has requested information on meetings between Infosys and Lord Johnson, Minister of State in the DBT at the time of the request. DBT relied on FOIA section 41- information provided in confidence and section 43 – commercial interests and at internal review section 40(2) – personal information, to withhold some information within the scope of the request. In addition, during the Commissioner’s investigation, DBT relied on FOIA section 27 – international relations and section 29 – the economy to redact the remaining information. The Commissioner’s decision is that DBT is entitled to rely on FOIA sections 27(1)(c) and (d) and section 40(2) to withhold the remaining information. The Commissioner does not require further steps.