Cabinet Office

The complainant has requested demographic information relating to Cabinet attendees of ministerial and other ranks. The Cabinet Office stated that it did not hold some of the requested information and refused the remainder of the request under section 21 of FOIA (information reasonably accessible to the applicant). During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation the Cabinet Office estimated that compliance with the request would exceed the appropriate limit at section 12 of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office was entitled to rely on section 12 to refuse the entire request. No steps are required.