11 December 2017, Police and criminal justice
The complainant has requested a copy of a contract between Cumbria Constabulary and its insurer. Cumbria Constabulary disclosed the majority of the contract, but withheld financial information, citing the exemption at section 43 (commercial interests) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that Cumbria Constabulary was entitled to rely on the exemption at section 43 to withhold the financial information. However, as Cumbria Constabulary responded to the request outside of the 20 working day timescale for compliance, she found a breach of section 10 (time for compliance) of the FOIA.
FOI 10: Upheld FOI 43: Not upheld