Information Commissioner's Office

Warwickshire Police

22 August 2016, Police and criminal justice

The complainant requested information relating to the handling of previous information requests by Warwickshire Police. Warwickshire Police disclosed some information and stated that some of the requested information was not held. It also failed to respond to one part of the request and asked for clarification in relation to another, which it did not respond to as the complainant did not provide the clarification sought. The Commissioner’s decision is that Warwickshire Police stated correctly and in accordance with section 1(1)(a) that some of the requested information was not held. However, it breached section 10(1) in failing to comply with one part of the request until the intervention of the Commissioner and breached sections 1(1) and 10(1) by failing to progress another 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.

FOI 1: Partly upheld FOI 10: Upheld