User Advisory Group minutes – 7th June 2022

FOI request reference: CAS-93259-B5H7Q9
Publication date: September 2022

Request

User Advisory Group meeting on 7 June 2022: I would like to see a copy of the minutes and agenda for this meeting which are not on your website. They should have (according to your website) have been published following the meeting in September 2022.

Outcome

Information withheld.

Response

We are unable to provide you with the information you have requested because it is covered by the exemption at section 21 of the FOI Act, which exempts information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means. For further information about why this exemption has been applied, please see the explanatory annex at the end of this letter.

Explanatory Annex

Your request in full

User Advisory Group meeting on 7 June 2022: I would like to see a copy of the minutes and agenda for this meeting which are not on your website. They should have (according to your website) have been published following the meeting in September 2022.

Exemptions applied

Section 21: Information readily available to the applicant by other means
Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) does not oblige a public authority to provide information if it is already reasonably accessible by other means.
In this case the exemption applies because the information is already available on our website here.

Further guidance on the application of this exemption can be found at:https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1203/information-reasonably-accessible-to-the-applicant-by-other-means-sec21.pdf