NHS Commissioning Board

The complainant has requested information on sources of revenue income for a number of Commissioning Support Units (CSU’s). NHS England provided overall figures but refused to break this down further into funding received from Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG’s), other NHS bodies and non-NHS bodies on the basis of section 43(2) of the FOIA.The Commissioner’s decision is that NHS England has failed to demonstrate that there would be prejudice to the commercial interests of the CSU’s if the information were to be disclosed. The Commissioner finds the section 43(2) exemption is not engaged. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the information requested at parts a), b) and c) of the request.