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Crown Prosecution Service (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50433052 (12 September 2012)
Summary: The complainant requested information concerning the identity of the official who allocated work on receivership proceedings to a named individual during a particular time period. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) refused this request under section 12(1) of the FOIA as it estimated that the cost of compliance with the request would exceed the appropriate limit. The Commissioner-™s decision is that the cost estimate made by the CPS was reasonable and so it is not required to comply with this request. However, the Commissioner also finds that the CPS breached section 16(1) of the FOIA in that it did not provide advice and assistance to the complainant as to how his request could have been refined to bring it within the cost limit. The Commissioner requires the public authority to contact the complainant with advice as to how the request could be refined so that it may be possible to comply with it without exceeding the cost limit.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 12 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 16 - Complaint Upheld