Reference: FOI-2023-1665
You asked
I would like to make a Freedom of Information Request to acquire the names (Business name only - no business or personal contact details) of the foreign-owned companies that contributed to the "Foreign-owned businesses in the UK: business count, turnover and aGVA, from the Annual Business Survey" (Release Date: 06 July 2023)- See link here
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we are unable to share the requested information, as this constitutes personal information about a business.
Section 39 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (SRSA) renders it a criminal offence to disclose information held by our organisation for statistical purposes that would identify an individual or a corporate body.
As we are prohibited by law from publishing statistics in which individual businesses can be identified, Section 44(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies.