City of London Police
- Date 19 December 2023
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 17: Upheld, FOI 40: Not upheld
The complainant requested a copy of a decision report regarding a complaint he believed had been made about a senior officer. City of London Police (‘CoLP’) would neither confirm nor deny (‘NCND’) whether it held the requested information, citing sections 40(5A) and (5B) (Personal information) and 30(3) (Investigations and proceedings) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that CoLP was entitled to apply section 40(5B)(a)(i) of FOIA to issue an NCND response. However, it breached section 17(1) of FOIA by failing to issue a valid refusal notice within the 20 working day time for compliance.