Summary: The complainant has requested information regarding payments to counsel. The Crown Prosecution Service disclosed some information within the scope of the request but withheld defendants-™ names citing the personal data exemption as its basis for doing so. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Crown Prosecution Service has correctly relied on the personal data exemption as a basis for withholding defendants-™ names. The Commissioner does not require the Crown Prosecution Service to take any further steps in relation to this request.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld