Summary: The complainant has requested information about his complaints that focussed around the defects in the appointment process of appointing an individual as Chief Executive at a Hospital Trust and alleged defects in the investigation that was undertaken by the public authority about them. The public authority did not answer the request in 20 working days and a complaint was referred to the Information Commissioner (-˜the Commissioner-™). After the Commissioner-™s intervention, the public authority then provided a response and provided the complainant with some information that was relevant to the request. The complainant contended that there was further relevant recorded information held and the investigation focussed on this. After conducting a detailed investigation, the Commissioner has decided that on the balance of probabilities there was no further relevant recorded information held by the public authority. However, he has found procedural breaches of sections 1(1)(a), 1(1)(b) and 10(1). He considers that there are no remedial steps that can be taken to remedy these breaches and he has therefore not ordered any.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 10 - Complaint Upheld