NHS Improvement

The complainant requested from NHS Improvement copies of correspondence between Emily Lawson and Baroness Michelle Mone since March 2020 relating to personal protective equipment. By the date of this notice NHS Improvement had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that NHS Improvement has breached section 10(1) of FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires NHS Improvement to provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.