– The complainant requested details of a number of information sharing agreements the Metropolitan Police Service (the ‘MPS’) may have with other organisations. – The Commissioner’s decision is that the MPS failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and has therefore breached section 10 of the FOIA. – The Commissioner requires the MPS to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. – Issue a substantive response, under the FOIA, to the request. – The MPS must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2022] UKICO ic-153970
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 17 November 2022; Ref: scu.674902
