Information Commissioner's Office

General Dental Council

2 March 2017, Local government (Other)

The complainant has requested information relating to the Hudson report and the Professional Standards Association report. The GDC provided the complainant with some of the information she requested, it applied section 12 FOIA to parts of the request and refused to provide some information under section 42 FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the GDC was correct to apply section 12 FOIA and that it was not therefore obliged to comply with the request. It did not however provide the complainant with appropriate advice and assistance in accordance with its obligations under section 16 FOIA. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with advice and assistance in accordance with the GDC’s obligations under section 16 FOIA.

FOI 12: Not upheld