Chief Constable Commissioner for the Metropolis (Metropolitan Police Service)

The complainant has requested information produced by its Strategic Insight Unit from the Metropolitan Police Service (the “MPS”). The MPS advised that to comply with the request would exceed the cost limit as section 12(1) (Cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 12 is not engaged. He requires the MPS to issue a fresh response that does not rely on section 12.