HC Deb 29 June 2000 vol 352 cc593-4W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 19 June 2000, Official Report, column 36W, under which section of Exemption 14 his decision to withhold information was based. [128022]

Mr. Spellar

Details of the individual referred to in my answer of 19 June 2000,Official Report, column 36W were withheld under Exemption 14(a) (information supplied in confidence by a person who was not under any legal obligation to supply it and who has not consented to its disclosure), as well as under Exemption 4(f) (information whose disclosure could identify the source of information or assistance in confidence for law enforcement or security purposes) and Exemption 12 (privacy of an individual).