ICO The complainant made a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the Department of Heal for advice from the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to the Secretary of State for Health in August 1990 regarding the litigation over the infection of haemophiliacs with HIV through contaminated blood products. The DoH refused the complainant’s … Continue reading Department of Health (Decision Notice): ICO 17 May 2010
ICO The complainant requested various pieces of information regarding communication with HM Treasury in relation to the 2002 Spending Review. Specifically, the complainant requested the Bid Letter from the Department of Health, the Settlement Letter from HM Treasury, and the internal advice provided in relation to the Bid Letter. The DoH refused to disclose this … Continue reading Department of Health (Decision Notice) FS50185270: ICO 1 Mar 2010
ICO The complainant submitted a seven-part request to the Department of Health concerning the correspondence which the DH may have exchanged with HRH The Prince of Wales and His Royal Highness’representatives. The DH initially refused to confirm or deny whether it held information falling within the scope of the request in reliance on section 37(2) … Continue reading Department of Health (Decision Notice): ICO 30 Mar 2010
ICO The complainant made a request to the Department of Health for correspondence between it and HM Treasury regarding the DoHs ‘ near cash overspend’ in 2005-6. Specifically the complainant requested information from January to July 2006. The DoH refused to disclose this information under sections 35(1)(a) and (b). During the investigation of the case … Continue reading Department of Health (Decision Notice) FS50192216: ICO 1 Mar 2010
ICO The complainant made a request for information about two police officers serving within Essex Police (the ‘public authority’). The information was withheld under the exemption in section 40(2) (personal information) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the ‘Act’). The Commissioner’s decision is that the exemption at section 40(2) is engaged but that disclosure … Continue reading Essex Police (Decision Notice): ICO 1 Feb 2010
ICO The complainant requested information about the tendering process undertaken in the appointment of a specific solicitor by the council. The Commissioner’s decision is that Suffolk County Council [the council] has supplied the complainant with all of the requested information. The information was not supplied within 20 working days and therefore the council has breached … Continue reading Suffolk County Council (Decision Notice): ICO 23 Nov 2011
ICO The complainant has requested from the Department of Health Information about the public authority’s procedures around Summary Care Records. The DoH provided some information, applied section 21(1) to other information and explained that it did not hold any more information. The complainant referred this matter to the Information Commissioner. During the course of the … Continue reading Department of Health (Decision Notice): ICO 14 Nov 2011
ICO The complainant requested a considerable amount of information about the public authority’s procedures regarding Summary Care Records. The public authority did not originally treat it as a request for information under the Act and tried to respond to the request under normal course of business. The complainant referred the request to the Commissioner who … Continue reading Department of Health (Decision Notice): ICO 1 Sep 2011
ICO On 25 October 2010, the complainant wrote to the Department of Health (the Department) and requested information in the following terms: ‘May I have information relating to what mechanisms the NHS/DOH has to try to ensure staff comply with FoI legislation. In particular, who is responsible and what action is taken against them when … Continue reading Department of Health (Decision Notice): ICO 21 Sep 2011
The complainant requested, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the ‘Act’), information from the MHRA about its procedures in set circumstances. The MHRA provided some information and explained that it did not hold further information. The complainant asked for an internal review and the MHRA upheld its position. The case was referred to the … Continue reading Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (Decision Notice) FS50373036: ICO 22 Aug 2011
The complainant made a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Leicester City Council answered the request late and provided the relevant recorded information incrementally. The Information Commissioner finds that Leicester City Council breached section 10(1) because it failed to comply with section 1(1) in 20 working days. He requires no remedial … Continue reading Leicester City Council (Decision Notice): ICO 9 Aug 2011
ICO The complainant requested information about remuneration arrangements part-funded by Westminster City Council for a role associated with car parking. The public authority confirmed that it held the requested recorded information, but believed that it was exempt under section 21(1) (information accessible by other means) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the ‘Act’). During … Continue reading Westminster City Council (Decision Notice): ICO 20 Jul 2011
ICO The complainant requested information relating to the absence of a senior member of the council’s staff. The council said that some information was already publicly available and that it wished to rely on section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the exemption relating to third party personal data. During the Commissioner’s investigation, … Continue reading Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (Decision Notice): ICO 30 Apr 2013
The complainant requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the workplace email addresses of all of the University’s staff. The University confirmed that it held the information, but considered that the request was invalid. If the request was not invalid, then it believed sections 14(1), 21(1),38(1) 40(2) and section 44(1) of the Act applied … Continue reading City University (Decision Notice): ICO 23 Jun 2011
ICO The complainant made a request to the Department of Health for information it held in relation to the plain packaging of tobacco products. The public authority refused the request under section 35(1)(a) (Formulation and development of government policy). Some information was subsequently disclosed at the internal review stage and some other information was disclosed … Continue reading Department of Health (Decision Notice): ICO 26 Apr 2011
ICO The complainant made two requests to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for advice and guidance relating to managerial responsibility towards the welfare of staff. With reference to the first request, HMRC stated that it did not hold any specific information, a position that the Commissioner agrees with. In relation to the second request, HMRC … Continue reading Her Majestys Revenue and Customs (Decision Notice): ICO 1 Feb 2011
ICO The complainant requested information from Manchester City Council regarding FC United. The council failed to respond to the request within 20 working days. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council has breached section 1(1) and 10(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the FOIA’). The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the … Continue reading Manchester City Council (Decision Notice): ICO 13 Aug 2012
ICO The complainant requested information from Manchester City Council (‘the council’) about any Traffic Regulation Orde (‘TROs’) in place on Peter Street in Manchester City Centre relating to parking and no loading dual purpose bays. The complaint also requested any internal correspondence or works orders regarding signage of the dual purpose bays. The council disclosed … Continue reading Manchester City Council (Decision Notice): ICO 22 May 2013
ICO The complainant had submitted a request to St Louise’s Comprehensive College (‘the College’) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘FOIA’) for information about the College’s revised management structure for support staff and details of various meetings held at the College. The Commissioner investigated the complaint and found that the College had failed to … Continue reading St Louises Comprehensive College (Decision Notice): ICO 23 Apr 2014
ICO The complainant requested information on the Prince’s Consent to the Department for Education (DfE). The DfE refused to comply with the request on the basis that to do so would exceed the appropriate limit in costs set by section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the FOIA’). The Commissioner’s decision is that … Continue reading Department for Education (Decision Notice): ICO 20 Feb 2014
The complainant has requested information relating to meetings of the Governing Body and other administrative information relating to Cottesloe School (the School). The School provided the complainant with information in response to the request however it did not provide a set of Governing Body minutes dated 1 December 2011 as these had not been authorised … Continue reading Cottesloe School (Decision Notice) FS50442149: ICO 26 Apr 2012
The claimant sought disclosure of an investigation conducted by the respondent. The respondent replied that the material was exempt within section 32(2). The court had found that that exemption continued permanently even after the inquiry was complete, but now turned to the claimant’s assertion that this violated his article 10 rights, and that section 32(2) … Continue reading Kennedy v Charity Commission: CA 20 Mar 2012
The complainant requested information from Liverpool City Council (the council) about the amount of money spent on departments relocating to other premises. The council refused to comply with the request on the basis that to do so would exceed the . .
The complainant requested details of particular complaints made to the public authority. It originally relied on section 41(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) to neither confirm nor deny that it held the requested information. . .
ICO The complainant asked the public authority for information about when it and Treasury ministers had first become aware of identity fraud in the Tax Credit system, and for any estimates of suspected identity . .
ICO The complainant made a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the ‘Act’) to the West Hertfordshire NHS Hospitals Trust (the ‘Trust’) for information relating to a document called ‘Comparison of . .
The complainant submitted a request to Rathore School under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’) for a copy of the school’s Freedom of Information and Data Protection Policy. The Commissioner finds that the school failed to provide the . .
The complainant has requested information relating to meetings of the Governing Body and other administrative information relating to Cottesloe School (the School). The School provided the complainant with information in response to the request . .
The complainant requested information from the London Borough of Sutton relating to a named individual. The council originally said that the information was exempt under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the exemption relating to . .
The complainant has requested salary information relating to staff at Cottesloe School (the School). The School provided the complainant with some information but withheld information under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 . .
The complainant made a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the ‘Act’) to Liverpool Hope University (the ‘university’) for information relating to enrolment of students at the university and refunds made for fees paid by students who . .
The complainant requested information relating to communications between specific dates between Macfarlan Smith Limited (MSL) and the Home Office, particularly those relating to the policy on importing and exporting narcotics and narcotics products. . .
The complainant requested information about the reasons for the suspensions of two senior members of staff at a particular school. The council refused to provide the information, citing section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the . .
The complainant asked the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (the PHSO) for a letter it considered when reviewing her case. The PHSO originally refused to provide it, but reconsidered its position on internal review. The complainant referred . .
The complainant requested, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, information about the consideration of complaints that he and his daughter had submitted to the PHSO. He did not receive all the information that he requested. The complainant . .
The complainant requested, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, some of the relevant correspondence generated in consideration of complaints that she and her father had submitted to the PHSO. The PHSO replied that some of the information . .
The complainant requested, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, information about documents that he had already received. The public authority responded and provided the information that it held. This response was provided late. There were two . .
The complainant requested information from Broxbourne Borough Council (the council) concerning the council’s remuneration panel. The council provided some information but withheld other information using the exemptions under section 40(2), 36 and 43 . .