Chief Constable Commissioner for the Metropolis (Metropolitan Police Service)

The complainant has requested copies of correspondence between itself and a named party from the Metropolitan Police Service (the “MPS”). The MPS provided some information regarding the first part of the request, but would neither confirm nor deny (“NCND”) holding information about the second part citing sections 23(5) (Information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters), 24(2) (National security), 30(3) (Criminal investigations), 31(3) (Law enforcement) and 40(5)(B)(a)(i) (Personal information) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that sections 23(5), and 24(2) in the alternative, were cited correctly so the MPS was not obliged to confirm or deny whether the requested information was held.