24 August 2015, Health (NHS)
The complainant requested information about hospitals and units that treat patients whose main role is not the treatment of patients. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (‘the Health Board’) failed to respond within the statutory 20 working days prescribed by FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Health Board breached section 10(1) of the FOIA as it did not respond to the request within the timescale for compliance. As a substantive response has been provided to the complainant, he does not require any remedial steps to be taken.
FOI 10: Upheld