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Northumbria Police (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50300157 (16 December 2010)
Summary: The complainant requested various information concerning the most prolific offender aged 10 to 15 within the area covered by the public authority. Initially, the public authority refused the request under the exemptions provided by the following sections of the Freedom of Information Act: 40(2) (personal information), 44(1) (statutory prohibitions to disclosure), 30(1) and (2) (information held for the purposes of investigations) and 38(1) (endangerment to health and safety). During the Commissioner-™s investigation, the stance of the public authority changed and it now cited section 12(1) of the Act as it believed that compliance with the requests would exceed the cost limit of £450. The Commissioner finds that it was reasonable for the public authority to estimate that the cost of the requests would exceed the limit and so it was not obliged to comply with these requests. However, the Commissioner also finds that the public authority failed to comply with section 17(5) of the Act in that it did not cite section 12(1) within 20 working days of receipt of the requests.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 12 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld