21 December 2016, Police and criminal justice
The complainant has requested sensitive personal information about a named police officer. Having determined this matter, the Commissioner proceeded to consider two additional and closely connected matters. The Commissioner decided that Humberside Police had acted correctly in relying on the section 14(1) (vexatious requests) Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) exemption to refuse all three requests. She does not require Humberside Police take any steps to comply with the legislation. Humberside Police did not respond within 20 working days of receiving the request and in so doing breached the requirements of sections 10(1) (time or compliance) and 17(1) (refusal of request) FOIA.
FOI 14: Not upheld FOI 17: Upheld