Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC)

The complainant has requested communications between Professor Whitty and the Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce about Evusheld. The DHSC initially stated no information was held but later revised its position to refuse the request as vexatious.  The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority was not entitled to refuse to comply with the request on the basis of section 14(1) FOIA. The Commissioner requires the DHSC to issue a fresh response which does not rely on section 14(1) FOIA.