Cabinet Office

The complainant has requested information concerning the life peerage which was granted to former Prime Minister David Cameron in November 2023.
The Cabinet Office confirmed that they held information falling within scope of the request but they considered this information to be exempt in its entirety under section 37(1)(b)(information relating to the awarding of honours and dignities by the Crown). In addition to section 37(1)(b), the Cabinet Office advised that some of the withheld information was exempt under section 40(2)(third party personal data) and section 21 (information reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means).
The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office correctly applied section 37(1)(b) to the information held within scope of the request and that the balance of the public interest favours maintaining the exemption.
The Commissioner does not require the Cabinet Office to take any steps in this matter.