Care Quality Commission

The complainant has requested information about an inspection of a specialist hospital. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) applied section 31, section 40, section 41 and section 44 of FOIA to two parts of the request, which concern law enforcement, personal data, information provided in confidence and prohibitions on disclosure respectively. The CGQ refused to comply with the final part of the request under section 12 of FOIA as it considered the cost of doing so would exceed the appropriate limit. The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: The complainant’s entire request engages the exemption under section 31(1)(g) of FOIA and the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner does not require the CQC to take any corrective steps.