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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2021/ic-72271.html
Cite as: [2021] UKICO IC-72271

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Bedfordshire Police

The complainant requested information about injury awards for police officers. Bedfordshire Police provided some information within the scope of the request, but refused to provide the number of police officers granted an injury award for specified years (part 2 of the request), citing section 40(2) of FOIA, the exemption for personal information. The complainant’s complaint focused only on the section 40(2) refusal. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, Bedfordshire Police partly revised its position in that it said it did not hold information for the years 2018/19 or 2019/20, but maintained that section 40(2) applied to the information it held for 2017/18. The Commissioner’s decision is that Bedfordshire Police has correctly relied on section 40(2) in the circumstances of this case. She also finds on the balance of probabilities, that Bedfordshire Police does not hold the requested information for the years 2018/19 or 2019/20 for the reasons set out in this notice. No steps are required as a result of this notice. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2021/0274 under appeal.

FOI 1: Complaint not upheld FOI 40: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: IC-72271