Information Commissioner's Office

Staffordshire Police

25 July 2016, Police and criminal justice

The complainant requested information relating to the outsourcing of pensions administration by Staffordshire Police. In relation to some parts of the request Staffordshire Police disclosed information and provided explanations, but the complainant disputed whether Staffordshire Police had disclosed all information it held falling within the scope of those requests. Staffordshire Police refused one part of the request as vexatious under section 14(1) of the FOIA. In relation to those parts of the request where the complainant disputes whether Staffordshire Police identified all relevant information it holds, the Commissioner finds that it did identify all the relevant information and so complied with section 1(1)(a). In relation to the request where section 14(1) was cited, the Commissioner finds that this request was vexatious and so Staffordshire Police was not obliged to comply with it. Staffordshire Police is not required to take any steps.

FOI 1: Not upheld FOI 14: Not upheld