Care Quality Commission
- Date 3 May 2024
- Sector Health
- Decision(s) FOI 31(3): Not upheld, FOI 40(5B)(a)(i): Not upheld
The complainant has requested all recorded information held between the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and other parties concerning the safeguarding of service users of named service providers between certain dates. The CQC relied on section 40(5B) of FOIA (third party personal information) to refuse to confirm or deny that the information was held. It also relied on section 31(3) of FOIA (law enforcement) to neither confirm nor deny whether it held this information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has correctly relied on section 40(5B) and section 31(3) of FOIA to refuse to confirm or deny that the information was held. The Commissioner does not require further steps to be taken.