Department of Health and Social Care

The complainant has made a meta-request (a request for information relating to a previous request for information). The DHSC refused the request, citing section 14(1) (vexatious requests) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request is vexatious and therefore the DHSC was entitled to rely upon section 14(1) to refuse to comply with it. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further steps.