Chief Constable Essex Police

The complainant requested information regarding whether Essex Police had issued a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) in respect of an untaxed vehicle. Essex Police applied section 40(5B)(a)(i) of FOIA to neither confirm nor deny (NCND) holding the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the requested information constitutes criminal offence data and that Essex Police was entitled to rely on section 40(5B)(a)(i) of FOIA to issue an NCND response to the request.