Metropolitan Police Service
- Date 20 July 2018
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant requested figures for offences relating to indecent images of children. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the MPS to issue a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA.