Health and Safety Executive
- Date 12 July 2022
- Sector Other
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant requested correspondence between the Health and Safety Executive and NHS England concerning the use of graded masks by NHS staff. By the date of this notice the Health and Safety Executive (“HSE”) had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that HSE 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 HSE to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation. HSE must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA