Freedom of Information request on FOI 22/495
Published 1 June 2022
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FOI 22/495
21st March 2022
Dear
Thank you for your email.
This information would be exempt under Section 41 and Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Section 41 is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest is required, except to state that we would consider the release of this information to be an actionable breach.
Section 43 is a qualified exemption and a consideration of the public interest is required. We have considered the public interest and cannot see any public interest arguments that outweigh the commercial harm in providing information that can aid a competitor in their product development and help them overcome regulatory hurdles to get their product onto the marketing quicker.
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