Metropolitan Police Service

The complainant has requested information about taxi and private hire driver arrests from the Metropolitan Police Service (the “MPS”). In a late response, the MPS advised the complainant that to comply with his request would exceed the appropriate limit at section 12(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner finds that the MPS was entitled to rely on section 12, however, it breached section 10(1) of the FOIA by failing to confirm that it holds the requested information within the statutory time limit. No steps are required.