Cabinet Office

The complainant has requested information concerning the Cabinet Office’s intranet, specifically, an intranet sitemap, screenshot of the intranet homepage and annual intranet costs for the past five years.
In their original response to the request the Cabinet Office confirmed that they held the intranet sitemap requested but that this was exempt from disclosure under section 31 (law enforcement) of FOIA and that the balance of the public interest favoured maintaining the exemption. The original response did not address the complainant’s request for the screenshot and costs information.
Following an internal review, the Cabinet Office provided the complainant with the intranet costs information requested and stated that at the time of the request, they did not hold a screenshot of the intranet homepage. The review also overturned the original response in that the Cabinet Office advised that they did not hold a sitemap of the intranet (and were therefore no longer withholding the same under section 31).
During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation the Cabinet Office maintained their position that they did not hold a sitemap of the intranet but revised their position in respect of the screenshot and provided the complainant with a copy of a screenshot of the intranet homepage.
The Commissioner has found, on the balance of probabilities, that the Cabinet Office do not hold a sitemap of their intranet.