Probation Board Northern Ireland

The complainant has requested information from the Probation Board Northern Ireland (‘PBNI’) relating to the transfer of offenders from Northern Ireland to England and Wales. The PBNI disclosed some information to the complainant, stated that it did not hold information in relation to part of the complainant’s request, and applied section 12(1) of the FOIA in relation to the other part of the request.

The Commissioner’s decision is that the PBNI has correctly applied section 12(1) of the FOIA to the complainant’s request and therefore requires no steps to be taken. In respect of the information not held, the Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the PBNI does not hold any further information within the scope of the relevant part of the complainant’s request other than that which has already been provided to him.