Western Health and Social Care Trust

The complainant requested information relating to the 15 occurrences in the past year of the Western Health and Social Care Trust’s (“the Trust”) responding to urgent calls by taxi as no ambulances were available. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has not handled the complainant’s request in accordance with the provisions of FOIA as it has incorrectly applied sections 40(2) (by virtue of section 40(3)(i)(a)) and 41 to the withheld information. It has also breached sections 1(1)(b), 10(1) and 17(1)(b) of FOIA.