Avon and Somerset Police

The complainant requested copies of emails and correspondence between the force medical advisor and named organisations sent and received including specified dates in 2015. Avon and Somerset Constabulary (the ‘Constabulary’) refused to disclose this information under section 12(1) of FOIA as it estimated that the cost of compliance with the request would exceed the appropriate limit. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Constabulary applied section 12(1) of the FOIA correctly and so it was not obliged to comply with the complainant’s information request. No steps are required.