Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant asked Kent Police (the -�public authority-�) to provide information relating to whether its ANPR equipment had checked either of two vehicles between specific dates. The public authority initially neither confirmed nor denied holding information using the exemption at section 31(3) of the Freedom of Information Act (the -�Act-�), but later substituted the section 12 costs exclusion instead. The Commissioner has concluded that, under section 40(5)(b)(i), the public authority should in fact have neither confirmed nor denied having information. The public authority is not required to take any steps.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld