Information Commissioner's Office

South Central Ambulance NHS Trust

14 February 2017, Health (NHS)

Through seven requests, the complainant has requested information from South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (‘the Trust’) about its relationship with an organisation called Auxilium.  The Trust says it does not hold the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust does not hold the requested information.  However, she must find that the Trust did not fully comply with its obligation under section 1(1)(a) of the FOIA because, at the time of its original response, it did not clearly indicate that it does not hold any information with respect to each of the seven requests. The Commissioner has found that the Trust also breached section 10(1) as it did not comply with section 1(1) within 20 working days. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.

FOI 1: Partly upheld FOI 10: Upheld