Secretary of State for the Home Department (Home Office)

The complainant has requested information relating to the systems used by the Home Office to store information about the Gatwick drone incident (Operation Trebor). The Home Office relied on section 24(1) (national security) of FOIA to refuse to disclose the information at part one of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Home Office was entitled to rely on section 24(1) of FOIA to withhold the information at part one of the request, and that the balance of the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner does not require the Home Office to take any further steps.