Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

The complainant has requested information on fatalities by age as a result of having received an approved COVID-19 vaccine.  The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is withholding the information under section 22(1) of the FOIA as it intends to publish it at some future date. The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: MHRA is entitled to withhold the requested information under section 22(1) of the FOIA and the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner does not require MHRA to take any remedial steps.