Information Commissioner's Office

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

1 December 2015, Police and criminal justice

The complainant has requested copies of any submissions made by Avon and Somerset Constabulary (“the Constabulary”) to a Police Medical Appeal Boards review conducted by the College of Policing. The Constabulary stated that it did not hold any information which fell within the scope of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that at the time of the request the Constabulary did hold information which fell within the scope of the request. It therefore failed to comply with the requirements of section 1(1) in respect of that information. Since the complainant already has a copy of the information in question, the Commissioner does not require the Constabulary to disclose a copy. The Commissioner is satisfied that, on the balance of probabilities, the Constabulary does not hold any further, relevant information.

FOI 1: Upheld