Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire

The complainant has asked whether the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire is or has ever been a member of the Freemasons. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire (“the PCC”) said that it did not hold information from which the request could be answered. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the PCC did not hold the requested information. However, the Commissioner found breaches of section 1 and section 10 of the FOIA in the PCC’s failure to respond to the request within 20 working days.