Recommendation 13

The Cabinet Office is the departmental sponsor of the Freedom of Information Act, and Freedom of Information policy more generally. We therefore expect that there should be a stronger working relationship between the Information Commissioner’s Office and the Cabinet Office. Evidence submitted to the Committee suggests that until recently the Cabinet Office has engaged poorly with the Information Commissioner’s Office; working-level relations were characterised by poor communication and additional delays, though we note that the Information Commissioner’s Office says this has improved recently.