Lancashire Constabulary

The complainant requested information about the duties and whereabouts of Lancashire Constabulary’s Chief Legal Advisor during specific days in May 2009. This request was initially made using a pseudonym. The complainant repeated the request in his own name and at that time he also requested the Advisor’s remuneration and salary and the Constabulary’s legal department budget over the past five years. The Constabulary’s applied section 14(1) (vexatious request) to that part of the request which had previously been made under a pseudonym, and this was the basis of the complainant’s appeal to the Commissioner. The Commissioner has considered the case carefully and upholds the Constabulary’s application of section 14(1). Information Tribunal appeal EA/2011/0015 allowed.