Metropolitan Police Service
- Date 1 June 2017
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 23: Not upheld, FOI 30: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information about payments to informants from the Metropolitan Police Service (the “MPS”). The MPS provided some information but refused the remainder citing sections 30(2) (investigations and proceedings) and 40(2) (personal information) of the FOIA. It would also neither confirm nor deny holding information by virtue of sections 23(5) (information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters), 24(2) (national security) and 30(3)(investigations and proceedings). The Commissioner’s decision is that, where cited, the MPS was entitled to rely on sections 23(5) and 24(2). She also finds that section 30(2) is engaged and that the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. No steps are required.