Secretary of State for the Home Department (Home Office)

The complainant has requested digitised copies of death records for a 70-year period. The Home Office said that as this information was already publicly accessible it was exempt from disclosure under FOIA section 21(2)(b) (information reasonably accessible to the applicant).
The Commissioner’s considers that the Home Office correctly applied section 21(2)(b) in this case.
The Commissioner does not require further steps.