United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

The complainant requested information about responses to a consultation. The above public authority initially relied on section 40(2) of FOIA (personal data) to withhold the information, but disclosed it during the Commissioner’s investigation. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority disclosed information outside of the 20 working day timeframe and therefore breached section 10 of FOIA. The Commissioner does not require further steps to be taken.