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Information Commissioner's Office

You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> Chief Constable of Merseyside Police (Police and criminal justice) [2023] UKICO 227638 (20 April 2023)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2023/227638.html
Cite as: [2023] UKICO 227638

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Chief Constable of Merseyside Police

The complainant requested information relating to the Chief Constable of Merseyside Police (Merseyside Police) accessing information from the National Student Database in 2019. By the date of this notice Merseyside Police had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that Merseyside Police has breached section 10(1) of FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires Merseyside Police to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation. Merseyside Police must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA. Merseyside Police must take this step within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.

FOI 10: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: 227638