Department of Business Innovation and Skills to FOI Request

"Thank you for your email of 13 November 2015 where you requested the following information: 'I would like information regarding any/all meetings between BIS officials and/or the Minister for Universities and Science (Jo Johnson, MP) with representatives from Elsevier (part of RELX Group, formerly Reed Elsevier) and/or Thomson Reuters, from 5 June 2015 to date, to include ...' The use of Section 43 is subject to a public interest test: in this context, we recognise that there is a general public interest in the disclosure of information as greater transparency makes Government more accountable. Having considered the public interest, we consider that the public interest in disclosing this information is outweighed by the public interest considerations in favour of withholding the information. The Department’s decision is therefore to withhold the information ..."