Cabinet Office
| Case Outcome | Complaint upheld |
| Subject Matter | Central government |
| Court | Information Commissioner (UK) |
| Record Number | IC- 175032-R0S4 |
| Date | 13 March 2024 |
| Respondent | Cabinet Office |
Reference: IC-175032-R0S4
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Date:
13 March 2024
Public Authority:
Cabinet Office
Address:
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS
Decision (including any steps ordered)
1. The complainant requested various information in respect of a return
flight the then Prime Minister took from London Stanstead airport to
Valley Anglesey on a specified date. The Cabinet Office provided some
information, but refused to provide details of the cost of hiring the
plane, citing section 22 (information intended for future publication)
FOIA. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation the Cabinet
Office disclosed the withheld information. The Commissioner has
recorded a breach of section 10(1) (time for compliance) FOIA as a
result of the Cabinet Office failure to provide the information within the
statutory timescales specified under the FOIA.
2. The Commissioner does not require any steps
Request and response
3. On 2 February 2022, the complainant wrote to the Cabinet Office and
requested the following information:
“On 27 January 2022, the Prime Minister travelled by plane (Airbus
A321-253NX – call sign AWC645) from London Stanstead to Valley
Anglesey and returned by plane later that day…
Could you please tell me:
a) the cost of hiring the plane for this return journey on that day;
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