The complainant asked the Crown Prosecution Service (the ‘public authority’) to provide information relating to cases brought against the Director of Prosecutions. The public authority provided the majority of the requested information but withheld one part using the exemption in section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (the ‘Act’). The Commissioner’s decision is that the exemption at section 40(2) is not engaged. The complaint is therefore upheld. The public authority’s handling of the request also resulted in breaches of certain procedural requirements of the Act as identified in this Notice.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 1 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 40 – Complaint Upheld
[2011] UKICO FS50373831
Bailii
England and Wales
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