26 June 2014, Health (NHS)
The complainant has made a number of requests to Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (the Trust) for information relating to a project regarding design and construction at two hospitals in Belfast. The Trust responded by claiming that it was not under a duty to comply with the requests because the cost of doing so when aggregated together would exceed the appropriate limit for the purposes of section 12(1) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that section 12(1) of FOIA has not been shown to apply. However, he does not require the Trust to take any steps as a result of this notice as the complainant has confirmed he no longer requires the Trust to provide this information.
FOI 12: Upheld