Information Commissioner

The complainant has requested information associated with a First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) appeal decision that resulted from a decision the Commissioner had made regarding Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust’s handling of a request the complainant had submitted to it.  The ICO released some information, said it did not hold other information and withheld some information under section 42(1) of the FOIA (legal professional privilege). The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: At the time of the request the information that the ICO withheld under section 42(1) of the FOIA engaged this exemption and the public interest favoured maintaining the exemption. The ICO breached section 10(1) as it did not provide a response to the complainant’s request within 20 working days. The Commissioner does not require the ICO to take any remedial steps. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2019/0121 dismissed.