Crown Prosecution Service
- Date 14 November 2011
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 40: Upheld
The complainant asked the Crown Prosecution Service (the “public authority”) to provide information relating to cases brought against the Director of Prosecutions. The public authority provided the majority of the requested information but withheld one part using the exemption in section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (the “Act”). The Commissioner’s decision is that the exemption at section 40(2) is not engaged. The complaint is therefore upheld. The public authority’s handling of the request also resulted in breaches of certain procedural requirements of the Act as identified in this Notice.