Northern Ireland Policing Board

The complainant has requested information from the Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB) regarding the procedure for making a claim for an injury award under various statutory provisions. NIPB provided the complainant with some information, however it refused to disclose the remainder, citing section 40(2) of FOIA as a basis for non-disclosure. It also stated that it did not hold some of the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that NIPB has correctly applied section 40(2) of FOIA to the information it has withheld (“the withheld information”) and that, on the balance of probabilities, it holds no further information within the scope of the complainant’s request other than that which it has already provided to them. The Commissioner therefore requires no steps to be taken by NIPB.