The complainant has requested information from the Metropolitan Police Service (the “MPS”) about communications, correspondence or contact between various bodies. The MPS would neither confirm nor deny (“NCND”) whether it held any information, citing sections 23(5) (Information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters), 24(2) (National security), 27(4) (International relations), 31(3) (Law enforcement) and 40(5B) (Personal information) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MPS was entitled to rely on section 23(5) of FOIA to neither confirm nor deny whether it held the requested information. No steps are required.