Cabinet Office

The complainant requested information about reported communications on 28 February 2025 between the Prime Minister and President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He asked for any notes, briefings, readouts, minutes (or similar) and any audio or audio‑visual record of each communication. The Cabinet Office initially refused to confirm or deny whether it held information within scope, relying on sections 26(3) (defence) and 27(4) (international relations) of FOIA. During the Commissioner’s investigation, the Cabinet Office withdrew its reliance on those “neither confirm nor deny” provisions and confirmed that it holds a very small amount of information within scope. It said it was withholding that information under sections 27(1)(a), (c) and (d) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the Cabinet Office holds a readout of the Prime Minister’s call with President Donald Trump but does not hold briefing documents (or similar) for either call and does not hold (as at the time of the request) a readout or minutes of the Prime Minister’s call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Commissioner also finds that the withheld readout is exempt from disclosure under sections 27(1)(a), (c) and (d) of FOIA and that, in all the circumstances of this case, the public interest favours maintaining each of these exemptions. The Commissioner does not require further steps.