Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The complainant has requested a copy of an NHS inquiry into an Immigration Removal Centre. This was initially refused by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (“the Trust”) on the basis of section 36(2)(c) of the FOIA. The Trust later sought to also apply the exemptions from disclosure at section 31, 41 and 40 of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has correctly applied the provisions at section 31(e) and (f) and that the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. She requires no steps to be taken.