Chief Constable Commissioner for the Metropolis (Metropolitan Police Service)

The complainant has requested information about someone he described as a deceased Nazi sympathiser from the Metropolitan Police Service (the “MPS”). The MPS would neither confirm nor deny (“NCND”) holding any information, 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(5B)(a)(i) (Personal information) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 23(5) was cited correctly so the MPS was not obliged to confirm or deny whether the requested information was held.