Immigration
Public Law Project v Information Commissioner [2024] All ER (D) 178 (Feb), [2024] UKUT 71 (AAC)
The Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) (the UT) dismissed the appellant’s (PLP’s) appeal against a decision by the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) (FTT) that the Information Commissioner’s (IC’s) decision notice had been in accordance with the law. Under s 31 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FIA 2000), information was exempt if its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice, among other things, the prevention or detection of crime and the operation of immigration control. PLP had requested information from the Home Office (HO), concerning the criteria used by the triage model used by HO’s marriage referral assessment unit, which was responsible for initial enquiries in relation to the sham marriage referral and investigation scheme. HO had responded that FIA 2000, s 31(1)(a) had been engaged to withhold the criteria that the triage model used, and that HO had not had any further information concerning the impact of the triage model on different nationalities. The IC had ruled that HO had been entitled
