Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
- Date 3 February 2015
- Sector Health
- Decision(s) FOI 40: Not upheld, FOI 41: Not upheld, FOI 44: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information about an investigation into two products: urine sample collection devices. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) disclosed some information and withheld other information that it said was exempt under section 40 (personal data), section 41 (information provided in confidence) and section 44(1)(a) (prohibitions on disclosure) of the FOIA.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the MHRA has correctly applied section 40, section 41 and section 44(1)(a) to the request and he does not require it to take any further steps. Information Tribunal EA/2015/0057 part allowed. Information Tribunal appeal GIA/248/2016 allowed in part.