West Midlands Police

The complainant has asked West Midlands Police (‘WMP’) about requests to have information deleted from the Police National Computer (‘the PNC’). WMP responded to part of the request, but refused the remainder, citing section 12 (cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that WMP was entitled to apply section 12(1) of FOIA to refuse the second and third parts of the request. The Commissioner requires no steps as a result of this decision.