The complainant requested information from the Department of Health and Social Care (‘DHSC’) regarding the Health Secretary’s contacts and communications with a named individual about health related contracts during the pandemic. The Commissioner’s decision is that DHSC failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and has therefore breached section 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the DHSC to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation – Issue a substantive response, under the FOIA, to the request. The DHSC must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-103500
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 29 August 2022; Ref: scu.665881