Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

The complainant has requested information about a safeguarding referral. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (‘the Trust’) relied on section 14(2) of FOIA (repeated requests) to refuse the request. The Trust later confirmed to the Commissioner that it was relying on section 14(1) of FOIA to refuse the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust was entitled to rely on section 14(1) of FOIA to refuse the request. He also finds that the Trust breached section 17 of FOIA by failing to rely on the correct exemption when refusing the request. The Commissioner does not require further steps.