18 December 2007, Central government
The complainant requested details of the quantity of drugs seized by HMRC in Devon and Cornwall for each year for the period 2001 to 2005. HMRC refused to disclose this information because it considered it to be exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 31(1)(a) (prevention or detection of crime). Having reviewed the withheld information the Commissioner has decided that HMRC appropriately relied upon section 31 when refusing the information.
FOI 31: Not upheld