Department of Health
- Date 23 March 2016
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information relating to fees paid by the NHS to the ‘Big four accounting firms’, for legal advice and rent. The DoH provided some information to the complainant in response to his request. However it said that it did not collect data on payments by NHS bodies to individual suppliers, so confirmed that it does not hold this information under section 1(1)(a) FOIA. The Commissioner considers that the DoH was correct to confirm that it does not hold data on payments by NHS bodies to individual suppliers under section 1(1)(a) of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.