84 annual report 2010 case. The Ministry had come to this decision after scrutinising the Ombudsman’s statement and a number of new communications which the Ministry had received from people connected to the authorities which had been involved in the case. Subsequently, the Ombudsman wrote to the Ministry that he had no grounds for taking further action in the case as the Ministry had, strictly speaking, complied with his recommendation. In a letter of 1 April 2011 the Ombudsman wrote to the vicar’s lawyer that he would wait until the Ministry had had the opportunity to consider the lawyer’s objections before he decided whether or not to recommend that the vicar be granted free legal aid. (Case No. 2009-1699-813) 7. Ministry of Climate and Energy No cases concluded in 2010 were selected for publication in the Annual Report. 8. Ministry of Culture No cases concluded in 2010 were selected for publication in the Annual Report. 9. Ministry of the Environment The following case concluded in 2010 was selected for publication in the Annual Report: 1. A  ccess to information about hazardous companies A journalist complained to the Ombudsman about the refusal by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Ministry of the Environment to grant him access to data contained in information charts regarding hazardous companies. The authorities had refused to grant access on the grounds of, among other things, a statement from the Security and Intelligence Service. The Service had stated that the charts contained specific information about all hazardous companies and that the information was of such a nature that it would, in case it was made public, present a distinct risk of being used for terrorist aims. It was