Crown Prosecution Service

The complainant has requested information about prosecutions commenced under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (“PSA”) from the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”). The CPS disclosed some information and the complainant subsequently disputed the non-disclosure of a small amount of information which was withheld under section 40(2) (personal information) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 40 is not engaged. She requires the CPS to disclose the outcome figures at part (2) of the request.