North Yorkshire Police
- Date 18 September 2019
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 12: Not upheld, FOI 16: Upheld
The complainant has requested information about the costs incurred by North Yorkshire Police (NYP) in defending itself against a particular legal claim. NYP said that it was not obliged to comply with the request on the grounds that doing so would exceed the cost limit established under section 12(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that NYP was entitled to rely on section 12(1) of the FOIA to refuse to comply with the request. However, she found that it breached section 10 (time for compliance) and section 16 (advice and assistance) of the FOIA in its handling of the request.