The complainant submitted a request to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) seeking information about two meetings between the then Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The FCDO initially refused the request on the basis of section 12 (cost limit) but withdrew this at internal review. At that stage it explained that no information could be located for one meeting and for the other meeting whilst information had been found this was exempt disclosure on the basis of sections 27(1)(a), 27(1)(b) and 27(2) (international relations), and section 40(2) (personal data) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 27(1)(b) of FOIA and that the public interest favours withholding the information.