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Kirklees Metropolitan Council

  • Date 14 December 2016
  • Sector Local government
  • Decision(s) FOI 31: Not upheld

The complainant has requested the CCTV footage of the murder of Jo Cox from Kirklees Metropolitan Council (the council). The council responded by neither confirming nor denying that the information was held under section 31(3), the exemption for law enforcement, and section 40(5), the exemption for personal data. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council was correct to rely on section 31(3) to neither confirm nor deny that the information is held.