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 "id": "WB-0404",
 "ev": "EV-0604",
 "slug": "bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988",
 "title": "BP vs Buckler 1987",
 "authority": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
 "url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988",
 "wdtk_status": "Partially successful",
 "status": "partially successful",
 "references": [
  "FOI 3043/2026",
  "FOI 3156/2026",
  "IR 3157/2026",
  "IR 3176/2026",
  "FOI 3203/2026",
  "FOI 3204/2026"
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 "sent": "2026-09-02",
 "last_message": "2026-10-09",
 "outcome": "First letter not treated as a request. FOI 3156: not held (upheld at review). FOI 3204: search terms, repositories and teams disclosed; records of results not held. No separate reply to FOI 3203 on the thread.",
 "deadlines": [
  {
   "label": "First letter: response",
   "from_": "2026-09-02",
   "due": "2026-09-30",
   "answered": "2026-09-02",
   "result": "met"
  },
  {
   "label": "FOI 3156/2026 (20 working days)",
   "from_": "2026-09-06",
   "due": "2026-10-02",
   "answered": "2026-09-17",
   "result": "met"
  },
  {
   "label": "IR 3176/2026 (20 working days)",
   "from_": "2026-09-17",
   "due": "2026-10-15",
   "answered": "2026-09-29",
   "result": "met"
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  {
   "label": "FOI 3204/2026 (20 working days)",
   "from_": "2026-10-01",
   "due": "2026-10-29",
   "answered": "2026-10-09",
   "result": "met"
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  {
   "label": "FOI 3203/2026 (20 working days)",
   "from_": "2026-10-01",
   "due": "2026-10-29",
   "answered": null,
   "result": "open"
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 "counts": {
  "messages": 16,
  "sent": 5,
  "received": 11,
  "attachments": 9
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   "n": 1,
   "wdtk_anchor": "outgoing-2140768",
   "direction": "sent",
   "date": "2026-09-02T04:52:13+01:00",
   "from": "Requester",
   "summary": "Letter to the National Counter Terrorism Security Office setting out the case history and asking for its records on Great House Farm and the 1988 events.",
   "response_class": "request",
   "body_public": null,
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#outgoing-2140768",
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   "n": 2,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3539094",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-09-02T04:52:22+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "Automated receipt from the NPCC FOI mailbox.",
   "response_class": "acknowledgement only",
   "body_public": "Thank you for your email to the NPCC FOI Team at the National Police\nFreedom of information and Data Protection Unit (NPFDU).\nIf your email constitutes a Freedom of Information request, you will\nreceive a separate formal acknowledgement confirming receipt and providing\na case reference number for use in all future correspondence.\nAll requests will be processed in accordance with the Freedom of\nInformation legislation.\nUnder UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act, you have a right to request\naccess to personal data related to you from an organisation. If this is\nwhat you require you will need to contact a local force or ACRO Criminal\nRecords Office, rather than the NPCC.\nSimilary, if you require your data held on the Police National Computer\n(the central record of conviction and non-conviction outcomes), [1]ACRO\nCriminal Records Office manage these requests on behalf of the NPCC so you\ncan obtain this data from them. To make your request, you will need to use\nthe ACRO subject access online process via\n[2]\nhttps://www.acro.police.uk/s/acro-servic...\nNPCC Freedom of Information Officers & Decision Makers\nA | NPFDU PO Bx 841, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 9FS\nE | [3][email address]\nW| [4]www.npcc.police.uk",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3539094",
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   "n": 3,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3540455",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-09-02T16:12:51+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "Reply: no request for recorded information identified, so no action under the Act (FOI 3043/2026).",
   "response_class": "refusal (no valid request identified)",
   "body_public": "Thank you for your correspondence.\nThe Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides a right of access to recorded information held by public authorities.\nHaving reviewed your correspondence, we have been unable to identify a request for recorded information under the Act. Consequently, we are unable to process this correspondence as a Freedom of Information request.\nNo further action will be taken in relation to this matter under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.\nNPCC Freedom of Information Officers & Decision Maker\nNational Police FOI & DP Central Referral Unit (NPFDU)\nA | NPFDU PO Bx 841, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 9FS\nE | [email address]\nW|\nwww.npcc.police.uk",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3540455",
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   "n": 4,
   "wdtk_anchor": "outgoing-2142936",
   "direction": "sent",
   "date": "2026-09-06T15:54:55+01:00",
   "from": "Requester",
   "summary": "Restated request in numbered questions, and an internal review of the 2 September decision.",
   "response_class": "request and internal review request",
   "body_public": null,
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#outgoing-2142936",
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   "n": 5,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3543785",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-09-07T09:25:40+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "New questions logged as FOI 3156/2026; 20 working days.",
   "response_class": "acknowledgement only",
   "body_public": "Date Received: 06/09/2026\nFREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NUMBER: 3156/2026\nYour new questions below have been logged as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act was received by the NPCC on the date listed above.\nNPCC Acknowledgement:\nYour request will be considered in accordance with the legislation, and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days, subject to the provisions of the Act. In the unlikely event that NPCC is unable to meet the 20-working day deadline, you will be informed as soon as possible and given a revised timescale for response.\nIf your request requires full or partial transference to another public authority, you will be informed. Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write quoting the reference number above.\nKind regards\nNPCC Freedom of Information Officers & Decision Makers\nNational Police FOI & DP Central Referral Unit (NPFDU)\nA | NPFDU PO Bx 841, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 9FS\nE | [email address]\nW|\nwww.npcc.police.uk",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3543785",
   "attachments": []
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  {
   "n": 6,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3544002",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-09-07T10:20:47+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "Internal review logged as 3157/2026 (of 3043/2026).",
   "response_class": "acknowledgement only",
   "body_public": "Good Morning\nThanks for your email below. Please accept this email as confirmation of your request for an Internal Review.\nInternal Review 3157/2026 of 3043/2026.\nYour request will be considered in accordance with the legislation and you should receive a response within 20 working days.\nIn the unlikely event that this is not possible, you will be provided with a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.\nKindest regards.\nNPCC Freedom of Information Officers & Decision Maker National Police FOI & DP Central Referral Unit (NPFDU)\nA | NPFDU PO Bx 841, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 9FS E | [email address]\nW|\nwww.npcc.police.uk",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3544002",
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   "n": 7,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3544387",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-09-07T12:06:58+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "Confirms the correspondence is treated as both a new request and an internal review.",
   "response_class": "acknowledgement only",
   "body_public": "Good Morning\nWe acknowledge receipt of your correspondence as both a Freedom of Information request and a request for internal review. We will conduct a review of the decision communicated on 2 September 2026 and will separately consider whether any information falling within the scope of your request is held by the NPCC, including any relevant predecessor records. If no information is held, we will explain this and, where possible, provide advice and assistance regarding other bodies that may hold relevant records.\nA formal acknowledgement of your FOI request, and your request for an Internal Review have been sent this morning.\nKind regards.\nNPCC Freedom of Information Officers & Decision Maker\nNational Police FOI & DP Central Referral Unit (NPFDU)\nA | NPFDU PO Bx 841, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 9FS\nE | [email address]\nW|\nwww.npcc.police.uk",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3544387",
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   "n": 8,
   "wdtk_anchor": "outgoing-2143983",
   "direction": "sent",
   "date": "2026-09-08T04:16:13+01:00",
   "from": "Requester",
   "summary": "Scope narrowed: the 133-house development is outside this request.",
   "response_class": "follow-up",
   "body_public": null,
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#outgoing-2143983",
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   "n": 9,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3558044",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-09-17T16:11:06+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "Response FOI 3156/2026 (letter attached): no information held; searches found no reference to Great House Farm, Llandough, BP Properties Ltd v Buckler or the 1988 operation; suggests asking individual police forces.",
   "response_class": "not held",
   "body_public": "Good afternoon\nPlease find attached NPCC response to your Freedom of Information request.\nWith kind regards.\nNPCC Freedom of Information Officers & Decision Maker\nNational Police FOI & DP Central Referral Unit (NPFDU)\nA blue and black logo Description automatically generated\nA | NPFDU PO Bx 841, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 9FS\nE  | [1][email address]\nW| [2]www.npcc.police.uk",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3558044",
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     "wb": "EV-0174",
     "title": "NPCC response to FOI request 3156/2026: no information within scope identified",
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     "original_filename": "3156 2026 NPCC Response Letter BP vs Buckler.pdf",
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   "n": 10,
   "wdtk_anchor": "outgoing-2150098",
   "direction": "sent",
   "date": "2026-09-17T17:34:41+01:00",
   "from": "Requester",
   "summary": "Internal review requested of the 3156/2026 decision, on the adequacy of the searches.",
   "response_class": "internal review request",
   "body_public": null,
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#outgoing-2150098",
   "attachments": []
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   "n": 11,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3558417",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-09-18T09:41:18+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "Internal review logged as 3176/2026.",
   "response_class": "acknowledgement only",
   "body_public": "Good Morning\nThanks for your email below. Please accept this email as confirmation of your request for an Internal Review.\nInternal Review 3176/2026 of 3156/2026.\nYour request will be considered in accordance with the legislation and you should receive a response within 20 working days.\nIn the unlikely event that this is not possible, you will be provided with a revised time-scale at the earliest opportunity.\nKindest regards.\nNPCC Freedom of Information Officers & Decision Maker\nNational Police FOI & DP Central Referral Unit (NPFDU)\nA | NPFDU PO Bx 841, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 9FS\nE | [email address]\nW|\nwww.npcc.police.uk",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3558417",
   "attachments": []
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   "n": 12,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3574232",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-09-29T16:01:25+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "Internal reviews 3157 and 3176/2026 (letter attached): both original decisions upheld; on the balance of probabilities no information held.",
   "response_class": "complaint outcome (not held; decisions upheld)",
   "body_public": "Good Afternoon [requester]\nPlease find enclosed my response to your NPCC Internal Reviews – 3157 and\n3176/2026.\nWarm regards\nHead of National Police Freedom of Information and Data Protection Unit\n[1][email address] | [2][email address]",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3574232",
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     "wb": "EV-0183",
     "title": "NPCC internal review decisions 3157/2026 and 3176/2026",
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   "n": 13,
   "wdtk_anchor": "outgoing-2159591",
   "direction": "sent",
   "date": "2026-10-01T05:04:05+01:00",
   "from": "Requester",
   "summary": "Reply to the Head of the NPCC FOI unit: 3157 not pursued; dissatisfied with 3176 and intends to go to the ICO; new questions on the searches themselves.",
   "response_class": "follow-up",
   "body_public": null,
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#outgoing-2159591",
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   "n": 14,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3577721",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-10-01T12:38:36+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "New questions logged as FOI 3203/2026.",
   "response_class": "acknowledgement only",
   "body_public": "Date Received: 01/10/2026\nFREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NUMBER: 3203/2026\nYour new questions below have been logged as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act was received by the NPCC on the date listed above.\nNPCC Acknowledgement:\nYour request will be considered in accordance with the legislation, and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days, subject to the provisions of the Act. In the unlikely event that NPCC is unable to meet the 20-working day deadline, you will be informed as soon as possible and given a revised timescale for response.\nIf your request requires full or partial transference to another public authority, you will be informed. Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write quoting the reference number above.\nKind regards\nNPCC Freedom of Information Officers & Decision Maker\nNational Police FOI & DP Central Referral Unit (NPFDU)\nA | NPFDU PO Bx 841, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 9FS\nE | [email address]\nW|\nwww.npcc.police.uk",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3577721",
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   "n": 15,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3577725",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-10-01T12:39:31+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "New questions logged as FOI 3204/2026.",
   "response_class": "acknowledgement only",
   "body_public": "Date Received: 01/10/2026\nFREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NUMBER: 3204/2026\nYour new questions below have been logged as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act was received by the NPCC on the date listed above.\nNPCC Acknowledgement:\nYour request will be considered in accordance with the legislation, and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days, subject to the provisions of the Act. In the unlikely event that NPCC is unable to meet the 20-working day deadline, you will be informed as soon as possible and given a revised timescale for response.\nIf your request requires full or partial transference to another public authority, you will be informed. Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write quoting the reference number above.\nKind regards\nNPCC Freedom of Information Officers & Decision Maker\nNational Police FOI & DP Central Referral Unit (NPFDU)\nA | NPFDU PO Bx 841, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 9FS\nE | [email address]\nW|\nwww.npcc.police.uk",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3577725",
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   "n": 16,
   "wdtk_anchor": "incoming-3588013",
   "direction": "received",
   "date": "2026-10-09T14:01:49+01:00",
   "from": "National Police Chiefs' Council (for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office)",
   "summary": "Response FOI 3204/2026 (letter attached): search terms, repositories and teams given for Q1–Q3; Q4–Q6 not held; the retrieval email sent to policing leads given outside the Act (Annex B); results were 'captured via email'.",
   "response_class": "partial (Q4–Q6 not held)",
   "body_public": "Good afternoon [requester]\nPlease find our response to your FOI request.\nMany thanks\nNPCC FOI Team\n[1][email address]",
   "wdtk_url": "https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bp_vs_buckler_1987_1988#incoming-3588013",
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     "wb": "EV-0191",
     "title": "NPCC FOI 3065/2026 response on search disclosure (Great House Farm / Llandough searches)",
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