2 July 2014, Police and criminal justice
The complainant requested copies of all emails sent and received by named individuals which contained specified terms. Despite a number of letters committing to provide a response, the Metropolitan Police Service (the ‘MPS’) has, by the date of this notice, yet to provide a substantive response to the request. The Information Commissioner’s decision is that the MPS breached section 10 of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within 20 working days of receipt. The Commissioner requires the MPS to take the following steps to issue a response under the FOIA.
FOI 10: Upheld