Summary: The complainant requested inforation about white collar crime. Gwent Police refused the request under section 12 of the FOIA. The complainant refined her request to statistics that Gwent Police provide to the Home Office about the types of crime. The complainant has not received a substantive response to this refined request. The Commissioner-™s decision is that Gwent Police failed to respond to the request and therefore breached its obligations under section 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the public authority to state what information it holds within the scope of the complainant-™s request; and communicate the information it holds to the complainant and/or issue a refusal notice in respect of all or the parts of the information it intends to withhold in accordance with section 17 of the FOIA. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2012/0173 withdrawn.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld