Summary: The complainant requested information from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) regarding communications between the MPS, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and Dorset Police that dealt with the subjects of perjury and forgery and comments made about him. The MPS relied on section 40(5) of the Act (personal information) to neither confirm nor deny holding the requested information. The Commissioner has investigated and found that the MPS was correct to neither confirm nor deny holding information within the scope of the request. He requires no steps to be taken.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld