North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

The complainant has requested the trust to disclose an investigation report into the conduct of a junior member of staff. The trust disclosed some information and parts of the report, but felt the remainder is exempt from disclosure under section 40 of FOIA. For three questions, it refused to comply and cited section 12 of FOIA, as it considered the cost to comply would exceed the cost limit. The Commissioner’s decision is that the trust is entitled to rely on sections 12 and 40 of FOIA. He has however found the trust in breach of sections 1, 10 and 17 of FOIA. The Commissioner does not require any further action to be taken.