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Chief Constable of Surrey Police
26 November 2025, Information notice, Criminal justice
Crown Prosecution Service
19 May 2025, Information notice, Criminal justice
Chief Constable of Essex Police
20 January 2025, Information notice, Criminal justice
Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police
14 January 2025, Information notice, Criminal justice
Chief Constable of Dorset Constabulary
4 December 2024, Practice recommendation, Criminal justice
Dorset Police has had a consistently poor level of performance in terms of the time limit for complying with information requests. This has been highlighted by (1) the FOI Audit in November 2023, and (2) the performance data supplied by Dorset Police to the Commissioner over the past 12 months. The Commissioner also has concerns about the time it takes Dorset Police to complete internal reviews. Following engagement by his staff with Dorset Police about the underlying reasons for these failings, the Commissioner has reached the view that Dorset Police’s request handling practices do not conform to parts 4, 5 and 8 of the section 45 Freedom of Information Code of Practice, issued by the Cabinet Office in July 2018 (the Code).
Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police
3 December 2024, Information notice, Criminal justice
City of London Police
20 November 2024, Enforcement notice, Criminal justice
City of London Police (CoLP) has been served with an Enforcement Notice as a result of evidence seen by the Commissioner about its performance in relation to its statutory duties under the Freedom of Information Act. At the date of the notice, CoLP had a significant backlog of requests. The Enforcement Notice requires CoLP to provide responses to all requests that are currently more than 20 working days old by 20 May 2025 and to devise and publish an action plan within 30 working days of this Notice.
Staffordshire Police
19 November 2024, Practice recommendation, Criminal justice
Staffordshire Police has recently demonstrated poor levels of performance in terms of its response times to FOIA requests. This has been highlighted by complaints made to the Commissioner on this issue. The Commissioner is also aware from Staffordshire Police that its FOI Team is currently understaffed and this has caused issues where staff are unable to respond to FOIA requests within 20 working days. Following engagement by his staff with Staffordshire Police about the underlying reasons for these failings, the Commissioner has reached the view that Staffordshire Police’s request handling practices do not conform to part 4 of the section 45 Freedom of Information Code of Practice, issued by the Cabinet Office in July 2018 (the Code).
Police Service of Northern Ireland
15 November 2024, Information notice, Criminal justice
Surrey Police
9 August 2024, Enforcement notice, Criminal justice
Surrey Police has been served with an Enforcement Notice as a result of evidence seen by the Commissioner about its performance in relation to its statutory duties under the Freedom of Information Act. At the date of the notice Surrey Police had a significant backlog of requests. The Enforcement Notice requires Surrey Police to provide responses to all requests that are currently more than 20 working days old by 9 February 2025 and to devise and publish an action plan within 30 working days of this Notice.
Devon and Cornwall Police
12 July 2024, Enforcement notice, Criminal justice
Devon and Cornwall Police has been served with an Enforcement Notice as a result of evidence seen by the Commissioner about its performance in relation to its statutory duties under the Freedom of Information Act. At the date of the notice Devon and Cornwall Police had a significant backlog of requests. The Enforcement Notice requires Devon and Cornwall Police to provide responses to all requests that are currently more than 20 working days old by 12 January 2025.
South Wales Police
20 June 2024, Enforcement notice, Criminal justice
South Wales Police has been served with an Enforcement Notice as a result of evidence seen by the Commissioner about its performance in relation to its statutory duties under the Freedom of Information Act. Compliance levels fell to 45% in July 2023 and as of 31 April 2024, 167 requests were overdue, with one case being 122 days old. By 20 December 2024, SWP is required to respond to all information requests which were outside of 20 working days when the Enforcement Notice was served on 20 June 2024.
Dyfed Powys Police
9 May 2024, Enforcement notice, Criminal justice
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued an enforcement notice to Dyfed Powys Police for its poor handling of requests made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
Metropolitan Police Service
1 May 2024, Enforcement notice, Criminal justice
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued an enforcement notice to the Metropolitan Police Service for its poor handling of requests made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police
30 April 2024, Information notice, Criminal justice
Sussex Police
14 February 2024, Enforcement notice, Criminal justice
Sussex Police (SP) has been served with an Enforcement Notice as a result of evidence seen by the Commissioner about its performance in relation to its statutory duties under the Freedom of Information Act. At the date of the notice SP was answering just 27% of requests within 20 working days. It also had a significant backlog of older requests. The Enforcement Notice requires SP to provide responses to all requests that are currently more than 20 working days old by 31 August 2024.
South Yorkshire Police
14 February 2024, Enforcement notice, Criminal justice
South Yorkshire Police (SYP) has been served with an Enforcement Notice as a result of evidence seen by the Commissioner about its performance in relation to its statutory duties under the Freedom of Information Act. At the date of the notice SYP was answering fewer than 18% of requests within 20 working days. It also had a significant and rapidly-expanding backlog of requests. The Enforcement Notice requires SYP to provide responses to all requests that are currently more than 20 working days old by 31 August 2024.
Greater Manchester Police
14 December 2023, Enforcement notice, Criminal justice
GMP has been served with an Enforcement Notice as a result of evidence seen by the Commissioner about its performance in relation to its statutory duties under the Freedom of Information Act. At the date of the notice GMP had a significant backlog of requests, dating back to 2021. The Enforcement Notice requires GMP to provide responses to all requests that are currently more than 20 working days old within seven months.
Chief Constable of Northumbria Police
13 December 2023, Information notice, Criminal justice
Chief Constable of Humberside Police
26 October 2023, Practice recommendation, Criminal justice
Chief Constable of Humberside Police (Humberside Police) has had a consistently poor level of performance in terms of its response times to FOIA requests. This has been highlighted by the disproportionately high number of complaints about response times being submitted to the Information Commissioner, as well as a substantial backlog of outdated requests developing at Humberside Police. Following engagement by his staff with Humberside Police about the underlying reasons for these failings, the Commissioner has reached the view that its request handling practices do not conform to part 4 of the section 45 Freedom of Information Code of Practice, issued by the Cabinet Office in July 2018 (the Code).
Metropolitan Police Service
14 September 2023, Information notice, Criminal justice
Greater Manchester Police
3 February 2023, Practice recommendation, Criminal justice
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has had a consistently poor level of performance in terms of its response times to FOIA requests. This has been highlighted by the disproportionately high number of complaints about response times submitted to the Information Commissioner, as well as the high number of decision notices he has had to issue to GMP to compel it to respond to outstanding requests. The Commissioner has reached the view that GMP’s request handling practices do not conform to part 4 of the section 45 Freedom of Information Code of Practice, issued by the Cabinet Office in July 2018 (the Code).
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
27 September 2022, Information notice, Criminal justice
Bedfordshire Police
1 June 2022, Information notice, Criminal justice
Chief Constable of Sussex Police
8 July 2021, Practice recommendation, Criminal justice
Following a number of complaints regarding Sussex Police’s handling of freedom of information requests, the Information Commissioner has reached the view that Sussex Police’s request handling practices do not conform to the section 45 Freedom of Information Code of Practice, issued by the Cabinet Office in July 2018 (the Code). The Commissioner considers that Sussex Police’s practices do not conform with the following sections of the Code Part 2 – Advice and assistance – clarifying requests Part 4 – Time limits for responding to requests Part 5 – Internal reviews Part 10 – Communicating with requesters Therefore, in accordance with section 48(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Commissioner has elected to issue this practice recommendation.

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