Information Commissioner's Office

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

29 March 2016, Health (NHS)

The complainant has requested information concerning the management of a medical physics department within University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (‘the Trust’). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA because it has not provided the complainant with a response to her request within 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Provide the complainant with a response to the FOIA elements of her information request of 8 December 2015. The public authority must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.

FOI 10: Upheld