The complainant submitted a request for information about an alleged criminal offence. West Midlands Police (WMP) would neither confirm nor deny whether it held the requested information, citing sections 30(3) (investigations and proceedings) and 40(5) (personal information) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that WMP was entitled to rely on section 30(3) of the FOIA to neither confirm nor deny whether it held the requested information
FOI 30: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-43151
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 28 July 2022; Ref: scu.659804