Supply Chain Coordination Ltd

The complainant has requested information about a Personal Protective Equipment contract. The above public authority relied on section 43(2) of FOIA (commercial interests) to withhold the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has not demonstrated that section 43(2) of FOIA is engaged. The public authority also breached section 10 of FOIA in its handling of the request. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: provide the number of items, purchased via the contract in question, placed into the Do Not Supply category; and provide (where known) the location of these items.