Crown Prosecution Service

The complainant requested information about costs incurred by the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”) in relation to specified judicial review proceedings. The CPS would neither confirm nor deny (“NCND”) whether it held the requested information, citing the exemption at section 40(5) (personal information) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the CPS was entitled to neither confirm nor deny holding information within the scope of the request by virtue of section 40(5)(a) of the FOIA.