Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary

The complainant requested from Cambridgeshire Constabulary (“the Constabulary”) information about an outcome of a particular hearing regarding officer misconduct. The Constabulary supplied a link to its website for some of the information, it advised that there is no transcript of the hearing, and it also withheld some information by virtue of section 40(2) (personal information) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Constabulary was entitled to rely on section 40(2) of the FOIA to withhold some of the information requested. However, the Commissioner has recorded a procedural breach of section 17 of the FOIA, as the Constabulary failed to issue the complainant with a refusal notice within the statutory time limits. The Commissioner does not require the Constabulary to take any steps as a result of this decision. First-tier tribunal (General Regulatory chamber) information rights appeal EA/2021/0376 appeal dismissed.