Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The complainant requested information from Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (the “Trust”) about the number of people who have initiated employment tribunal proceedings against the Trust and number of people who have made whistleblowing allegations at the Trust in the last 5 years. The complainant revised his request and added to it by requesting information from the Trust about the legal team that represented the Trust. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has breached section 10 (1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the Trust to respond to the complainant’s request in accordance with the FOIA.