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Cite as: [2015] UKICO FS50567423
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General Medical Council
9 July 2015, Local government (Other)
The complainant has requested information from the General Medical Council (GMC) about medical practitioners with criminal convictions who are still practicing. The GMC provided some information to the complainant. It withheld some which it says is the personal data of third persons and exempt from disclosure under section 40(2) of the FOIA, by virtue of section 40(3)(a)(i). The Commissioner finds that the GMC breached section 10 of the FOIA as it did not provide a response to the complainant’s request within the 20 working days that is a requirement of the Act. The Commissioner has also decided that the GMC has correctly withheld the requested information under section 40(2), by virtue of section 40(3)(a)(i), because to disclose it would contravene Data Protection Act. The Commissioner does not require the GMC to take any further steps.
FOI 10: Upheld FOI 40: Not upheld