West Yorkshire Police
- Date 3 June 2020
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 12: Not upheld, FOI 16: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information about audio tapes from West Yorkshire Police (“WYP”). WYP advised that to comply with the request would exceed the cost limit at section 12 of the FOIA.
The Commissioner’s decision is that WYP was entitled to rely on section 12(1) to refuse to comply with the request and met its obligations under section 16 of the FOIA. However, WYP breached section 10(1) of the FOIA by failing to respond to the request within the statutory time limit. No steps are required.