EIR 12(4)(e)

EIR 12(4)(e) exemption - internal communications

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What the law says

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Official guidance

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ICO Lines To Take

Relevant Lines to Take

LTT146 - Public Interest Test for "raw notes" and "aide memoire notes" - 03/09/2009 LTT148 - Public interest arguments presented in favour of maintaining a relevant exemption for withholding information on lobbyists - 24/03/2009 LTT129 - Safe space arguments - 29/10/2008 LTT127 - Scope & overlap of s35(1)(a) and s35(1)(b) - 29/10/2008 LTT104 - Information caught by regulation 12(4)(e) - 30/09/2008 LTT43 - Guiding principles in relation to s35(1)(a) & Reg 12(4)(e) public interest - 11/07/2008 LTT107 - No prejudice / adverse effect test for class based exemptions / exceptions - 20/06/2008 LTT130 - "Chilling effect" arguments - 11/03/2008 LTT131 - Risk to the role and integrity of Civil Service - 11/03/2008 LTT132 - Public Interest in protecting collective Cabinet responsibility - 11/03/2008 LTT133 - Overview of Section 35 & Regulation 12(4)(e) Public Interest arguments - 11/03/2008 LTT66 - Minutes & agendas - 21/08/2007 LTT61 - Advice to Decision Makers - 08/07/2007

ICO Decision Notices

Complaints upheld / partly upheld (P)

Complaints not upheld

FER0168409 - Department of Energy & Climate Change - 25/01/2010 FS50158501 - Department of Energy & Climate Change - 23/12/2009 FS50176219 - Surrey Heath Borough Council - 23/12/2009 FER0219834 - Kent County Council - 16/12/2009 FS50217563 - Kent County Council - 14/12/2009 FER0221965 - Chiltern District Council - 14/12/2009 FER0137609 - Veterinary Medicines Directorate - 10/12/2009 FER0132239(P) - Cabinet Office - 08/12/2009 FER0184525(P) - Department of Energy & Climate Change - 03/11/2009 FER0272686 - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs - 02/11/2009 FER0184885 - Department of Energy & Climate Change - 26/10/2009 FER0178071 - Brighton and Hove City Council - 24/09/2009 FER0187769 - Brighton and Hove City Council - 24/09/2009 FS50125005 - Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - 17/06/2009 FS50148602(P) - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs - 01/04/2009 FER0145666 - Export Credits Guarantee Department - 28/07/2008 FS50122058 - Department for Culture, Media and Sport - 09/07/2008 FER0087774 - Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - 28/01/2008 FS50122983 - Department for Culture, Media and Sport - 19/11/2007 FER0082566 - Pesticides Safety Directorate - 11/10/2007 FER0088372 - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs - 04/12/2006 FER0087051 - Department for Communities and Local Government - 28/09/2006 FER0098306/7 - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs - 24/08/2006 FER0086623(P) - Department for Communities and Local Government - 13/06/2006

FS50189457 - London Borough of Greenwich - 31/03/2010 FER0220864 - Environment Agency - 31/03/2010 FER0174998 - Department of the Environment (NI) - 29/03/2010 FER0210443 - Department for Communities and Local Government - 23/03/2010 FER0154695 - Department of the Environment (NI) - 10/12/2009 FER0186717 - Department for Communities and Local Government - 18/11/2009 FS50099820 - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs - 07/09/2009 FER0081530 - Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 30/09/2008 FER0178729 - Nuclear Decommissioning Authority - 31/07/2008 FER0086108 - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs - 19/11/2007 FER0086093 - Department for Communities and Local Government - 25/06/2007 FER0069117 - Staffordshire Moorlands District Council - 12/02/2007 FER0096804 - Export Credits Guarantee Department - 06/09/2006 FER0071457 - Department for Communities and Local Government - 04/09/2006 FER0070181 - Department for Communities and Local Government - 27/07/2006

Includes DNs up to: 26 April 2010

Environmental Information Regulations 2004

Exceptions

12(3) 12(4)(a) 12(4)(b) 12(4)(c) 12(4)(d) 12(4)(e) 12(5)(a) 12(5)(b) 12(5)(c) 12(5)(d) 12(5)(e) 12(5)(f) 12(5)(g)