OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
FOI Reference: PM/22/002
To Paul Swain
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Swain
Thank you for your email dated 29 June 2022 regarding a request to access documents under
the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Terms of FOI request
You set out your FOI request in the following terms:
Today you met with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, e.g. see
https://twitter.com/AlboMP/status/1542056112555298816, thus giving the Australian
Government another chance to use "our unique strategic relationship" to resolve the
frozen UK State Pension issue.
1. Could you please provide me with any documents that you or your office hold that
shows that you attempted to resolve the frozen UK State Pension issue with the UK
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff during this meeting.
2. If you DID NOT attempt to resolve the frozen UK State Pension issue with UK
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff during the meeting, could you please
provide me with any documents that you or your office hold that shows why the
Australian Government did not attempt to resolve this issue on this occasion.
Authorised decision-maker
I am authorised to make a decision in this matter on the Prime Minister's behalf.
Material taken into account
In reaching my decision I had regard to:
• the terms of your request
• the FOI Act
• the Guidelines issued by the Information Commissioner, under section 93A of the Act
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