The complainant requested various information about ‘Project Habitance’, ‘Project Habitance II’ and ‘Project Inhabitance’. Gwent Police refused to confirm or deny whether it held information falling within the scope of the request on the basis of sections 23(5) (security bodies), 27(4)(a) and (b) (international relations), 30(3) (investigations), 31(3) (law enforcement) and section 40(5) (personal information). The Commissioner’s decision is that Gwent Police was entitled to rely on section 23(5) to neither confirm nor deny whether or not it holds the requested information. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.
FOI 23: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-89921
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 18 November 2022; Ref: scu.669617