Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office FCDO (previously FCO)
- Date 17 June 2025
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) EIR 12.5.a: Not upheld, EIR 12.5.e: Not upheld, EIR 13.1: Not upheld
The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office seeking information about discussions it had held with Shell about its operations in the Niger Delta. The FCDO disclosed some information but redacted parts of this on the basis of regulations 13(1) (personal data), 12(5)(a) (international relations) and 12(5)(e) (commercial confidentiality) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the FCDO has correctly applied these exemptions to withhold information in response to this request.