Metropolitan Police Service
- Date 24 October 2019
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant requested information about recorded blackmail crimes in 2017/18 and 2018/19. The Commissioner’s decision is that the 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.