Equality and Human Rights Commission

The complainant has requested details about an investigation. The above public authority relied on section 31 of FOIA (law enforcement) to refuse to confirm or deny that the information was held. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was entitled to rely on section 31 of FOIA to refuse to confirm or deny holding the information. He also finds that the public authority breached section 17 as it failed to issue an adequate refusal notice. The Commissioner does not require further steps to be taken. Information Tribunal FT/EA/2024/0296 under appeal.