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Written question asked by David Amess (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 May 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 14 May 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.

Police: Complaints

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the Independent Police Complaints Commission has received since 2005; how many such requests were (a) agreed to and (b) refused in each of those years; how many refusals were subject to appeal to the Information Commissioner in each of those years; how many such appeals were successful; if she will place in the Library copies of the material subsequently provided in each case; and if she will make a statement.
Answer

Since 2005 the Home Office has received the following Freedom of Information Act requests relating to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

Freedom of Information Act requests
Number
Total number of requests received until 1 May 2008 19
Total number of cases of where information released 2
Total number of case where information was not released 16
Total appealed to the Information Commissioner 0
Cases currently on-going 1

For those cases where information was not released, in nine cases collating the information would have exceeded the cost limit; in three cases the information was already in the public domain; and in six cases the information was not held.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
492 c931-2W; 273870
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Complaints Police
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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