Department of Health and Social Care
- Date 17 November 2022
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 10: Upheld
The Commissioner’s decision is that DHSC does not hold any further information within scope of the complainant’s request for correspondence between Owen Paterson and Lord Bethell and Matt Hancock about Covid and Randox Laboratories Ltd. As such, DHSC complied with section 1(1) of FOIA but breached section 10(1) as it did not comply with section 1(1) within 20 working days.