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Cite as: [2021] UKICO IC-67114
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National Police Chiefs’ Council
The complainant requested details about a counter terrorism meeting held in June 2020. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (the ‘NPCC’) provided some of the requested information with redactions under section 24 (national security), section 31 (law enforcement), section 38 (health and safety) and section 40 (personal information) of FOIA. It also initially withheld a short handwritten note made at the Counter Terrorism Advisory Network (‘CTAN’) meeting in its entirety under the above exemptions. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, the NPCC revised its position in relation to part of the request and disclosed the handwritten note in full to the complainant. It said that it considered a video recording of the meeting to be in scope but withheld it under the above exemptions. The NPCC also subsequently disclosed some of the names and specific organisational details of those who had attended/were invited to/were members of the CTAN meeting but withheld the remainder under the above exemptions. The Commissioner’s decision is that the NPCC was entitled to withhold the video recording of the meeting by virtue of section 40(2) of FOIA. She also finds that the NPCC has properly relied on section 40(2) to withhold the remaining names and specific organisation/group details and that the redactions within the disclosed draft minutes can also be withheld by virtue of section 40(2). As the Commissioner has found that section 40 can be relied on for the remaining withheld information, she has not found it necessary to consider the other exemptions relied on by the NPCC. The Commissioner does not require the NPCC to take any steps as a result of this notice.FOI 40: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: IC-67114