Summary: The complainant has requested information relating to members of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) who may have been seconded to the Metropolitan Police Service Counter-Terrorism Command or other counter terrorism units in the UK. The MOD refused to confirm or deny that it held the information relying on sections 23(5), 24(2), 26(3) and 31(3) of FOIA. The Information Commissioner-™s decision is that the MOD was correct to neither confirm nor deny that the requested information was held in accordance with sections 23(5) and 24(2).
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 23 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 24 - Complaint Not upheld