North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Date 31 January 2023
- Sector Health
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 16: Not upheld, FOI 17: Upheld, FOI 21: Not upheld, FOI 36: Not upheld, FOI 38: Not upheld, FOI 40: Not upheld
In a 21 part request, the complainant has requested a variety of information about North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s processes, procedures and performance. Their complaint concerns the Trust’s response to 16 parts of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: The Trust has disclosed all the information it holds within scope of parts 18 and 21 of the request and complied with section 1(1) of FOIA in respect of those parts. The Trust correctly applied sections 12(1), 21(1), 36(2)(c), 38(1) and 40(2) to the information it withheld regarding the remaining 14 parts of the request in scope of the complaint. The public interest favours maintaining these exemptions. The Trust’s handling of the request breached section 10(1) and 17(1) of FOIA but there was no breach of section 16(1). It is not necessary for the Trust to take any steps.