Crown Prosecution Service

The complainant has requested to know the number of times a particular barrister was appointed as Prosecution Counsel for the Crown Prosecution Service (‘the CPS’) over a three year period. The CPS refused the request on the grounds that the information was exempt from disclosure under section 40(2) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 40(2) was correctly applied to withhold the information. The Commissioner requires no steps as a result of this decision.