Sherwood Forest NHS Trust
- Date 9 August 2019
- Sector Health
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 40: Not upheld
The complainant has requested information relating to numbers of Down syndrome births. The Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) refused to provide the requested information citing the exemption under section 40(2) of the FOIA (third party personal data) as its basis for doing so. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has correctly applied section 40(2) of FOIA to the withheld information. The Trust failed to respond to the complainant’s request within 20 working days and so breached section 10(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps as a result of this decision notice. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2019/0309 dismissed.