Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

The complainant has requested information relating to alternative legal remedy (ALR). PHSO refused to comply with part 1 of the request under section 12 FOIA as it said it would exceed the cost limit to do so. It tried to answer part 2 of the request. The complainant requested an internal review in relation to PHSO’s response to part 2 of his request. PHSO confirmed that no recorded information was held relevant to this part of the request. The Commissioner considers that on the balance of probabilities, there is no recorded information held by PHSO under section 1(1)(a) FOIA relating to part 2 of the request. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.