London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

The complainant has requested information from the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) consisting of job descriptions, staff responsibilities, policies, procedures, guidelines, manning levels, and numbers of complaints. LAS provided some information, withheld certain information under section 40 (personal information) and section 21 (information accessible by other means), stated that it did not hold certain information, and that some of the requested information fell outside the scope of the FOIA. The complainant argued that he had not been provided with the information to which he was entitled. During the Commissioner’s investigation LAS conducted a detailed review of the request and its responses. Further information was disclosed at a late stage and there is now no further information to be provided. The Commissioner’s decision is therefore confined to procedural matters and he has concluded that LAS has breached sections 1, 10 and 17 of the FOIA. As there is no further information to disclose, the Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further steps.