Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes NHS Integrated Care Board

The complainant has requested numerical ratings for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at the stage it is held by NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (the ICB) Board. The ICB refused to provide the requested information as it said it was still in discussions with NHS England before taking the core standards to the ICB Board. The Commissioner considers that as at the time of the request, as the required information had not been taken to the ICB Board it wasn’t yet at the stage of being held by the ICB Board. Whilst it would therefore appear that numerical ratings are held by the ICB and under discussion with NHS England, they have not yet been provided to the ICB Board. On this basis the information the complainant requires was not held by the ICB at the time of the request under section 1(1)(a) FOIA. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.