Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police

The complainant requested information from South Yorkshire Police in relation to payments to Weightmans solicitors. By the date of this notice the South Yorkshire Police had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that South Yorkshire Police has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires South Yorkshire Police to provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.