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Cite as: [2012] UKICO FS50421454
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Home Office (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50421454 (13 March 2012)
Summary: The complainant has requested information held by the Home Office (HO) following his arrest by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and his application for the destruction of the DNA samples that were taken from him by MPS at the time of his arrest, along with the total destruction of all relevant records of the DNA samples, and connected proceedings. The Information Commissioner-™s decision is that HO has not complied with section 1(1) FOIA in that it wrongly relied on section 14(1) FOIA when responding to the complainant-™s information request. HO had also breached section 17(5) FOIA by not providing the complainant with a refusal notice within the time set out in section 10(1) of that Act. The Information Commissioner requires HO to either disclose the information requested or issue a refusal notice complying with section 17(1) FOIA.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 14 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld