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Cite as: [2019] UKICO fs50808064
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Hampshire County Council
The complainant has requested information regarding complaints submitted to the Hampshire Police and Crime Panel. The Commissioner’s decision is that Hampshire County Council has appropriately relied upon section 40(2) – personal data, to withhold information in scope of the request. Furthermore she has found, on the balance of probabilities, that the council does not hold further information in scope of the request and it has therefore complied with section 1 – general right of access. The complainant also disputes that the council can legally answer FOIA requests on behalf of the Hampshire Police and Crime Panel. The Commissioner finds that the Panel is not a public authority as defined by section 3(1) of the FOIA; and that the council holds the requested information for its own purposes. She therefore concludes that the council is correct to answer FOIA requests in this regard. The Commissioner does not require any steps.FOI 40(2): Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: fs50808064