Cabinet Office

The complainant has requested specific files relating to Libya. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office is entitled to withhold the requested information on the basis of section 23(1), information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters, or section 24(1), national security, in the alternative, section 26(1), defence, sections 27(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), international relations, section 40(2), personal data. The Commissioner does however find that the Cabinet Office failed to comply with section 17(3) by not completing the public interest consideration within a reasonable timeframe.