Cabinet Office v The Information Commissioner and Sheppard (MP): [2024] UKUT 76 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wright on 26 March 2024.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 18 April 2024

• Categories: Information rights, Tribunal procedure and practice
• Sub-categories: Information rights - Freedom of information - qualified exemptions, Tribunal procedure and practice - tribunal practice
• Judges: Wright, S
• Decision date: 5 March 2024

Read the full decision in UA-2021-000017-GIRF.

Judicial Summary

Whether FTT erred in law in deciding that section 35(1)(a) of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was not engaged by request for information relating to ‘polling the general public on their perception on the strength of the union since January 2018’ – whether the information requested related to the formulation or development of government policy – high-level v sub-policies - whether information related to policy formulation or implementation of the policy – utility of commenting on issues not decided.

Published 18 April 2024