The Cabinet Office has responded to my latest Freedom of Information Act request with a part-denial, part-refusal.

Cabinet Office Freedom of Information request #13 sought to establish "what assessment Sir Gus O'Donnell's (approx June 2007) review of intelligence made regarding the influence of "communications professionals", special advisers and politicians on the September 2002 Iraq dossier."

The answer apparently is nothing, although the Cabinet Office is refusing to release Sir Gus' findings. It is claiming that they are exempt under Section 35 of the FOI Act (formulation of government policy). I have requested an internal review, pointing out that Sir Gus' office told me that his

"role was to provide advice to the Prime Minister on the best way of organising the Government machine and this is what he did".

This is not the same as formulation of policy.