Cabinet Office
| Case Outcome | Complaint not upheld |
| Subject Matter | Central government |
| Court | Information Commissioner (UK) |
| Record Number | IC-149867-D8B9 |
| Date | 25 May 2023 |
| Respondent | Cabinet Office |
Reference: IC-149867-D8B9
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Date:
25 May 2023
Public Authority:
Cabinet Office
Address:
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS
Decision (including any steps ordered)
1. The complainant submitted a request to the Cabinet Office seeking
correspondence between Ministers and Baroness Mone (Michelle Mone),
PPE Medpro and Anthony Page (a director of PPE Medpro). The Cabinet
Office initially withheld this information on the basis of section 43(2)
(commercial interests) of FOIA. During the course of the Commissioner’s
investigation of this complaint the Cabinet Office sought to rely on
section 23(1) (security bodies) of FOIA.
2. The Commissioner’s decision is that the requested information is exempt
from disclosure on the basis of section 23(1) of FOIA.
3. No steps are required.
Request and response
4. The complainant submitted the following request to the Cabinet Office
on 17 June 2021:
‘Please can you answer the following FOI request:
1 - Please can you confirm if you hold any correspondence between
ministers at the Cabinet Office and the following people/companies:
- Baroness Mone (Michelle Mone)
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