Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

The complainant requested information from Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (“the public authority”) staff annual leave. The public authority relied on section 12 of FOIA (cost of compliance) to refuse the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was not entitled to rely on section 12(1) of FOIA to refuse the request. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take issue a fresh response that does not rely on section 12 of FOIA to ensure compliance with the legislation.