Cabinet Office

The complainant has requested from the Cabinet Office copies of documents, notes and memos made by Sir Alan Cottrell between 1968-1980. The Cabinet Office refused to comply with the request citing section 12(2) (Cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit) of FOIA.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office was entitled to rely on this provision to refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds any information in the scope of the request and it has complied with its duty to provide advice and assistance in line with the requirements of section 16 of FOIA. The Commissioner also found that the Cabinet Office complied with the requirements of section 10.
Consequently the Commissioner does not require further steps.