Information Commissioner's Office

West Mercia Police

5 October 2016, Police and criminal justice

The complainant requested information relating to the handling of previous information requests by West Mercia Police. West Mercia Police disclosed some information and stated that some of the requested information was not held. It asked for clarification in relation to part of the request which it did not respond to as the complainant did not provide the clarification sought. The Commissioner’s decision is that West Mercia Police has breached sections 1(1) and 10(1) of the FOIA by failing to progress part of the request as the Commissioner’s view is that it did not reasonably require the clarification sought in order to identify and locate the information requested. It is now required to respond afresh to that part of the request. The Commissioner requires the public authority to issue a fresh response to point (4) of the request.

FOI 1: Upheld FOI 10: Upheld