Metropolitan Police Service
- Date 27 July 2023
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 23: Not upheld
The complainant has requested a specified file from the Metropolitan Police Service (‘MPS’). MPS had previously disclosed some information from the file to the complainant, however it refused to disclose the remainder, citing sections 23(1) and 31(1)(a) of FOIA as a basis for non-disclosure.
The Commissioner’s decision is that MPS has correctly applied section 23(1) to the complainant’s request. As he is satisfied that this applies in full, he has not considered MPS’ application of section 31(1)(a).
Therefore the Commissioner requires no steps to be taken by MPS.