Information Commissioner's Office

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

2 August 2017, Health (NHS)

The complainant requested emails and other information relating to the Sustainability and Transformation Planning (STP) process. The public authority refused to provide the complainant with the requested emails, citing section 12 of the FOIA (cost) as its basis for doing so. In relation to other STP related information the public authority refused the request, citing section 36(2)(b)(i) & (ii) of the FOIA (prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs) as its reason for refusal. The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority has correctly applied section 12 to the requested emails. In respect of all other STP related information the Commissioner finds that the public authority has correctly applied sections 36(2)(b)(i) and (ii) to the withheld information and accordingly requires no steps to be taken.

FOI 12: Not upheld FOI 36: Not upheld