The complainant requested the total numbers of police officers deployed to Reading Festival for three specified years. Thames Valley Police (‘TVP’) refused to provide the requested information citing subsections (a) and (b) of section 31(1), the exemption for law enforcement. The Commissioner’s decision is that TVP was correct to cite sections 31(1)(a) and (b) of FOIA and to conclude that the balance of the public interest test favours maintaining the exemption. She does not require TVP to take any steps as a result of this notice.
FOI 31: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2019] UKICO fs50869942
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 20 November 2022; Ref: scu.650472
