ICO The complainant requested Special Branch information relating to the late Cyril Smith. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) refused to confirm or deny whether it held this information and cited the exemptions provided by sections 23(5) (information supplied by, or relating to, security bodies) and 24(2) (national security) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MPS cited sections 23(5) and 24(2) correctly and so it was not required to confirm or deny whether it held this information.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 23 – Complaint Not upheld, FOI 24 – Complaint Not upheld
[2013] UKICO FS50488435
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England and Wales
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Updated: 07 December 2021; Ref: scu.528962