West Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel

The complainant has requested information about a non-FOIA complaint which he previously made, from West Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel (“the Panel”). The Panel advised the complainant that it did not hold the requested information.
The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the civil standard of the balance of probabilities and based on the wording of the request, no information is held.
For expediency, the Commissioner also considered whether some information that had been located following the employment of a wider interpretation of the request, was suitable for disclosure. The Panel advised that this was exempt by virtue of section 42(1) (Legal professional privilege) of FOIA. The Commissioner found that the Panel was entitled to withhold this information. The Commissioner does not require any steps.