Chief Constable of Sussex Police
- Date 14 June 2022
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 30: Not upheld
The complainant has requested from Sussex Police witness statements regarding drone sightings at Gatwick Airport in December 2018. Sussex Police refused the request, on the grounds that the information was exempt from disclosure under section 30(1) (Investigations and proceedings) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that Sussex Police was entitled to rely on section 30(1)(a)(i) of FOIA to withhold the information. However, he found that it breached sections 1(1) and 10(1) of FOIA by exceeding the statutory time for compliance when responding to the request.