Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service
- Date 17 December 2013
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 23: Not upheld, FOI 24: Not upheld
The complainant requested Special Branch information relating to the late Cyril Smith. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) refused to confirm or deny whether it held this information and cited the exemptions provided by sections 23(5) (information supplied by, or relating to, security bodies) and 24(2) (national security) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MPS cited sections 23(5) and 24(2) correctly and so it was not required to confirm or deny whether it held this information.