The complainant has requested information regarding payments to counsel. The Crown Prosecution Service disclosed some information within the scope of the request but withheld defendants’ names citing the personal data exemption as its basis for doing so. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Crown Prosecution Service has correctly relied on the personal data exemption as a basis for withholding defendants’ names. The Commissioner does not require the Crown Prosecution Service to take any further steps in relation to this request.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 40 – Complaint Not upheld
Citations:
[2011] UKICO FS50383417
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 25 May 2022; Ref: scu.531058