Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

The complainant requested information from the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) about adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines, reported through the yellow card reporting system. The MHRA has cited section 12(1) of FOIA (cost of compliance) to refuse the request for information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the MHRA were entitled to refuse to comply with the request under section 12(1) of FOIA, and that it has complied with its obligations under section 16(1) of FOIA to provide adequate advice and assistance to the complainant. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further steps.  First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) Information Rights appeal EA/2021/0341 appeal withdrawn.