10 November 2016, Central government
The complainant has requested minutes of any meetings held between July and August 2015 between specific Ministers and officials at the Department of Health (DoH) and representatives of NHS employers and/or the BMA. The DoH identified information within the scope of the request but considered it exempt on the basis of section 35(1)(a). The Commissioner’s decision is that the section 35(1)(a) exemption is engaged and the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. She does not require the DoH to take any steps.
FOI 35: Not upheld