Summary: The complainant asked the National Police Improvement Agency (the -public authority-) to provide a copy of a contract. The public authority refused to disclose some of the contract using the exemptions under sections 31(1) and 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the -Act-). During the course of the investigation further information was disclosed to the complainant which resulted in him withdrawing his complaint in respect of everything other than the financial models. These continued to be withheld under section 43(2).The Commissioner-s decision is that the exemption at section 43(2) is engaged and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs that in disclosure. The complaint is not upheld.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 43 - Complaint Not upheld