North Yorkshire Police
- Date 18 May 2017
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 42: Not upheld
The complainant requested information about the conduct of a named policing operation carried out by North Yorkshire Police. Some information was disclosed both before and during the Commissioner’s investigation. For the remainder of the information requested, North Yorkshire Police said that it does not hold some of the information requested and withheld other information relying on the section 42(1) FOIA (legal professional privilege) exemption. The Commissioner decided that North Yorkshire Police does not hold further undisclosed information in respect of parts 2, 3 and 4 of the request and has applied the section 42(1) FOIA exemption appropriately to part 5 of the request. The Commissioner does not require North Yorkshire Police to take any steps to comply with the legislation. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2017/0121 dismissed.