Information Commissioner's Office

South Wales Police

17 August 2017, Police and criminal justice

The complainant requested confirmation that an individual referred to in a piece of correspondence was named on a list he provided with his request. South Wales Police initially applied section 40(2) to the request. During the Commissioner’s investigation, South Wales Police stated that it considered the request to be vexatious and as such it considered section 14(1) to apply to the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that South Wales Police has correctly applied section 14(1) of the FOIA to the request. She does not require any steps to be taken.

FOI 14: Not upheld