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Chief Constable of Sussex Police

  • Date 8 July 2021
  • Type Practice recommendation
  • Sector Criminal justice
  1. Following a number of complaints regarding Sussex Police’s handling of freedom of information requests, the Information Commissioner has reached the view that Sussex Police’s request handling practices do not conform to the section 45 Freedom of Information Code of Practice, issued by the Cabinet Office in July 2018 (the Code).
  2. The Commissioner considers that Sussex Police’s practices do not conform with the following sections of the Code
    Part 2 – Advice and assistance – clarifying requests
    Part 4 – Time limits for responding to requests
    Part 5 – Internal reviews
    Part 10 – Communicating with requesters
  3. Therefore, in accordance with section 48(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Commissioner has elected to issue this practice recommendation.
  4. In the ‘Other matters’ section of this recommendation, the Commissioner has highlighted matters which do not fall within the scope of the Code, but which bear, more generally, on Sussex Police’s compliance with FOIA. Accordingly, those elements of this recommendation are issued under section 47(2) of FOIA.in ’s request with