Home Office

The complainant requested information concerning the Home Office’s Identify and Prioritise Immigration Cases Business Rules. Ultimately, the Home Office responded to all parts of the request. It also provided some of the requested information with redactions under section 31(1)(e), (the FOIA exemption for the operation of immigration controls) and section 40(2) (personal information) of FOIA. The complainant confirmed that he was not concerned with the personal information withheld under section 40(2) of FOIA, so the Commissioner has disregarded this aspect. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office correctly relied on section 31(1)(e) of FOIA to withhold the remaining redactions within the disclosed material. No steps are required as a result of this notice.