Funding given to the Aviation Policing team at Heathrow Airport

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.035863

I note you seek access to the following information:

Clarification -
It would be great to set out the funds received from Heathrow Airport and the MPS each year separately.

ORIGINAL REQUEST:
1. The amount of funding given to the Aviation Policing team at Heathrow Airport, for each year between 2016 to 2023.

Decision

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 21 - Information Accessible by Other Means

Reason for decision

I am pleased to inform you that some information relevant to this request (covering the periods 2019, 2020 and 2021) is already in the public domain through a previous MPS FOIA request, see link below.

Charges for policing Heathrow Airport from 2019 to 2021

Therefore, this information has been identified as being accessible via other means as it is already published. Where information is already in the public domain the MPS are not required to re-publish the data; instead public authorities are required to direct you to the information, which we have done in this instance.

Section 21 - Information Accessible by Other Means - Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise than under section 1 is exempt information.

Disclosure

Please find below the costs paid to the MPS for policing Heathrow Airport for the remaining years pursuant to your request above.

• 2016 – £34,552,428
• 2017 – £34,556,630
• 2018 – £33,407,015
• 2022 – £36,000,930
• 2023 – £40,070,628