Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police

The complainant has requested information about any misconduct proceedings brough about a named party during his time as a Police officer for Nottinghamshire Police (the Police). The Commissioner proactively applied section 40(5B) of FOIA (third party personal information) to the request, which allows the Police to refuse to confirm or deny whether the requested information is held. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 40(5B) of FOIA does apply to the requested information. He does not require steps to be taken.