Chief Constable Lancashire Constabulary

The complainant has requested information relating to road safety on a particular stretch of road. Lancashire Constabulary relied on sections 21(1) (information accessible to applicant by other means) and 31(1)(a) and (b) (law enforcement) of FOIA to refuse to disclose some of the information. It also confirmed that it did not hold the remaining information. The Commissioner’s decision is that Lancashire Constabulary was entitled to rely on section 21(1) to withhold the information at part 1 of the request. It was also entitled to rely on sections 31(1)(a) and (b) to withhold the information at parts 2, 4 and the final question within part 3 of the request. Finally, the Commissioner is satisfied that, on the balance of probabilities, Lancashire Constabulary does not hold any information within the descriptions set out at the remaining parts of the request. The Commissioner does not require Lancashire Constabulary to take any further steps.