Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Date 29 May 2026
- Sector Health
- Decision(s) FOI 31(1)(a): Not upheld, FOI 17(1): Upheld
The complainant submitted an information request to Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the trust) for the invoices in relation to the latest transparency report.
The trust withheld the invoices under sections 31(1)(a) (law enforcement), 38(1)(b) (health and safety), 43(2) (commercial interests) and 40(2) (third-party personal data) of FOIA.
The Commissioner’s decision is that the trust was entitled to withhold the requested information under section 31(1)(a) of FOIA. However, in failing to issue an appropriate refusal notice confirming the exemptions it ultimately came to rely upon, within the statutory timescale, the trust breached section 17(1) of FOIA.
The Commissioner does not require further steps, as a result of this notice.