Department For Transport

The complainant has requested information about the Mersey Gateway project. The Department for Transport (‘DfT’) provided responses to some parts of the request and stated that it was relying on section 43(2) of FOIA (commercial interests) to withhold the information requested in part d) of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that DfT was entitled to rely on section 43(2) of FOIA to withhold the information requested in part d) of the request. The Commissioner does not require further steps.