3 November 2016, Police and criminal justice
The complainant requested information from Norfolk Constabulary (the “Constabulary”) in connection to a complaint he had raised about alleged electoral malpractice. Having initially advised the complainant that it did not consider his request to be valid under the terms of the FOIA, the Constabulary subsequently refused to confirm or deny holding any information by virtue of section 40(5)(a) (personal information). The Commissioner’s decision is that it was entitled to do so.
FOI 40: Not upheld