Department of Health
- Date 8 January 2019
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 21: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information about a previous complaint he made and information about the controllers of data previously held by a Primary Care Trust. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Department of Health was entitled to rely on Section 21 (Reasonably Accessible) to refuse to provide the requested information in respect of element [1] of the request. In respect of element [2] of the request, DH has disclosed all the information it holds. However DH’s handling of the request was poor – something which the Commissioner has commented on in the “Other Matters” section of this notice. The Commissioner does not require DH to take any further steps.