On 19 February 2016, the applicant asked the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland (Police Scotland) for statistical information about incidents concerning the mistreatment of transgender women by police officers.
Police Scotland failed to respond to this request. Following a review, the applicant remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
The Commissioner investigated and found that Police Scotland had partially failed to respond to the applicant’s request for information in accordance with Part 1 of FOISA.
The Commissioner found that Police Scotland correctly gave the applicant notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that some information was not held. However, Police Scotland was wrong to give notice that it did not hold other information covered by the request. In relation to this information, Police Scotland correctly relied on section 12(1) of FOISA (Excessive cost of compliance). The Commissioner did not require Police Scotland to take any action in relation to the applicant’s application.
[2016] ScotIC 188 – 2016
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Updated: 23 January 2022; Ref: scu.569156
