East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

The complainant has requested a copy of the incident log relating to a specific incident. The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (the Trust) refused the request on the basis of the section 31 exemption (Law Enforcement). During the Commissioner’s investigation the Trust also cited sections 40 (third party personal information) and 41 (information provided in confidence) to the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has demonstrated that section 31 is engaged and the public interest favours maintaining the exemptions. However, the Commissioner also finds that the Trust breached section 10(1) of the FOIA as it failed to provide a response within 20 working days. As a response has now been provided she requires no steps to be taken.