questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the National Police Chiefs' Council on whether it retains identities of Freedom of Information applicants for the purposes of duplicate request checks, repeat requester checks, vexatious request considerations and identifying applicants considered to be working in concert.
answerText: The National Police Chief’s Council is an independent public authority for the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act. The Home Office has no record of any discussions with the NPCC regarding their handling of FOI requests.
heading: National Police Chiefs' Council: Freedom of Information