Surrey Police
- Date 4 October 2022
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 40(5a): Not upheld
The complainant has requested information about the handling of a complaint he made. The above public authority (“the public authority”) relied on section 40 of FOIA (personal data) to neither confirm nor deny that it held any information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to rely on section 40(5A) of FOIA to refuse to confirm or deny that it held any relevant information. The Commissioner does not require further steps.