13 December 2016, Police and criminal justice
The complainant has requested information about all outside police force investigations requested by the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police since 1 December 2012. North Yorkshire Police has not provided a substantive response to the request. The Information Commissioner’s decision is that North Yorkshire Police has breached sections 1(1) and 10(1) of the FOIA in that it has failed to provide a response to the request within the statutory time for compliance. The Commissioner requires North Yorkshire Police to issue a response to the request under the FOIA by either complying with section 1(1) or issuing a valid refusal notice.
FOI 1: Upheld FOI 10: Upheld