Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West Integrated Care Board

The complainant has requested copies of communications between the public authority and a named general practitioner’s surgery. The  Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (“the Board”) refused the request, citing section 12 (cost limits) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Board is not entitled to rely on section 12 to refuse the request. The public authority also breached section 10 of FOIA by failing to respond to the request within 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the Care Board to issue a new response that does not rely on section 12 of the FOIA.