10 August 2017, Health (NHS)
The complainant has requested a copy of a report into a cyber-incident at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (“the Trust”). The Trust refused the request on the basis of section 31 of the FOIA and later sought to also rely on 36(2)(c). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has correctly applied the provisions at section 31(1)(a) and (b) of the FOIA and the public interest favours withholding the information in the NCC report. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken.
FOI 31: Not upheld