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Metropolitan Police Service (Decision Notice) [2012] UKICO FS50456787 (01 October 2012)
Summary: The complainant made various requests for information relating to the professional history of a named individual. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) refused to confirm or deny whether it held this information and cited the exemption provided by section 40(5) (personal information). The Commissioner-™s decision is that the MPS applied section 40(5) correctly in relation to some of the requests and so in relation to those requests it is not required to confirm or deny whether the requested information is held. However, in relation to the remainder of the requests the Commissioner finds that section 40(5) is not engaged. The Commissioner requires the public authority to, in relation to requests 1 to 4 and 11, provide to the complainant confirmation or denial as to whether this information is held. In relation to any information that is held, this should either be disclosed, or a refusal notice valid for the purposes of section 17 of the FOIA should be issued. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2012/0230 has been disposed of by way of a consent order.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Partly Upheld