National Police Chiefs’ Council
- Date 19 November 2020
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 12: Not upheld, FOI 16: Upheld
The complainant has requested details of the data fields on the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (“NABIS”) database from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (“NPCC”). The NPCC refused to provide the requested information citing 31(1)(a)(b) (law enforcement) and 24(1) (national security) of the FOIA. It subsequently revised this and cited section 12(1) (cost of compliance) to refuse to deal with the request.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the NPCC was entitled to rely on section 12(1), however, she finds that it breached section 16(1) (advice and assistance) of the FOIA. No steps are required.