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Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.026092
I note you seek access to the following information:
1. How many current Met officers are on the sex offenders register?
2. What was their offence?
3. What was their punishment?
4. Which part of the Met do they work in?
I have today decided to disclose some of the requested information. Some data has been withheld as it is exempt from disclosure and therefore this response serves as a Refusal Notice under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) by virtue of the following exemptions:
Section 40(2)(3)&(4) - Personal Information
Reason for decision
A Freedom of Information Act request is not a private transaction. Under Freedom of Information, any information disclosed is released into the wider public domain, effectively to the world, not just to one individual. To disclose the requested data, would publicly reveal information about an individual or individuals, thereby breaching the right to privacy afforded to persons under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Where the request is seeking access to third party personal data the section 40(2) exemption may be engaged.
In order to apply the Section 40(2) exemption the disclosure of the requested information must satisfy either the first, second or third conditions as defined by subsections 3A, 3B and 4A of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (as amended by Section 58 of the Data Protection Act 2018).
The first condition ensures that the exemption would apply in circumstances where the disclosure of the information would breach any of the Data Protection Act 2018 principles.
There are six Data Protection principles set out in the 2018 act and these can be found at section 34.
In this instance I have decided that the disclosure of the Personal Data would be incompatible with the first Data Protection principle which states that the processing (in this case the disclosure of questions 2-4. What was their offence? What was their punishment? Which part of the Met do they work in?) of the data must be both lawful and fair.
Disclosure
Q1 - How many current Met officers are on the sex offenders register?
A1. The figure is 1 (one).
ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE
Police officers can serve if they are convicted of an offence; each matter is considered on a case by case basis upon full examination of all of the circumstances to determine the appropriate outcome.