Home Office

The complainant requested information relating to correspondence between the then Home Secretary and Prime Minister about the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. The Home Office refused to provide the requested information, citing sections 35(1)(a) and (b) (formulation of government policy) of FOIA. The Commissioner has investigated the Home Office’s application of section 35(1)(b) to the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office was entitled to rely on section 35(1)(b) of FOIA to withhold the requested correspondence. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.