Chief Constable Cheshire Constabulary
- Date 9 March 2026
- Sector Police and criminal justice
- Decision(s) FOI 1(1)(a): Upheld, FOI 10(1): Upheld, FOI 30(1)(a): Not upheld, FOI 8(1): Upheld
In the context of Operation Hummingbird, the complainant has requested information about an email written by Dr Ravi Jayaram in 2017. Cheshire Constabulary withheld the information requested in three parts of the request under section 30(1)(a) of FOIA, which concerns investigations. It advised that the final part of the request wasn’t a valid request under section 8(1) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that Q3 is a valid request under section 8(1) of FOIA. However, the information requested in all four parts of the request is exempt from disclosure under section 30(1)(a) of FOIA. There was a procedural breach of sections 1(1)(a) and 10(1). The Commissioner doesn’t require further steps.