article_snippet: But officers have refused to release the information, saying the information could take weeks or even months of costly work to get the information together, and the information would be 'disproportionate' to make such a huge effort.
article_snippet: John Potts, Metropolitan Police data protection officer,  told Central London County Court that the documents, if piled on top of each other, would be more than three feet high.
article_snippet: John Duffy (left) added that to work through the documents would take 23 full working days and would likely lead the documents to more documents that would eat up a similar amount of time.
article_snippet: Judge Margaret Langley said a decision on the case would not be made until later this year.
highlights_snippet: But officers refused to release information saying it would take 23 full days .