East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The complainant has requested information from East Suffolk and North East Essex NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) relating to the number of babies delivered by caesarean section under specific circumstances specified in the request. The Trust has stated that no babies were delivered under the circumstances specified in the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has failed to comply with section 1 of FOIA due to it not conducting appropriate searches for information falling within the scope of the request. The Commissioner requires the Trust to conduct further appropriate searches for any further information falling within the scope of the request and, if further information is identified, to either provide that information, or issue an appropriate refusal notice.