Chief Constable South Yorkshire Police

The complainant has requested the metadata associated with his previous requests. South Yorkshire Police (“SYP”) refused the request, citing section 14(1) (vexatious) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that SYP were entitled to rely on section 14(1) to refuse the request. The Commissioner does not require further steps. He also finds that they breached section 10 of FOIA by failing to respond to the request within 20 working days.