Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

The complainant has requested information about changes to minimum snake enclosure sizes. The above public authority disclosed some information but relied on section 35 of FOIA (formulation or development of government policy) to withhold the remainder. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 35 is engaged, but that the balance of the public interest favours disclosure. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: disclose copies of the documents it identified to the Commissioner as Annex C and Annex F. The public authority may make appropriate redactions to comply with its data protection obligations.