Information Commissioner's Office

East of England Ambulance Trust

30 October 2017, Health (NHS)

Through ten requests, the complainant has requested information from East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (‘the Trust’) about its lease cars. The Trust directed the complainant to its website where it said some of the requested information is published. It subsequently confirmed it is relying on section 21 (information already accessible to the applicant) with respect to this information. The Trust applied section 22 (information intended for future publication) to other information. The Commissioner’s decision is that: Section 21(1) is not engaged with respect to requests 4, 5 and 8. Section 22(1) is not engaged with respect to requests 1, 2, 6, 7, 9 and 10. The Trust has breached section 1(1) with respect to request 3 as it has not confirmed to the complainant that it holds this information or communicated it to her. The Trust has breached section 10(1) with regard to the ten requests. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Issue fresh responses to requests 1, 2, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 that comply with section 1 of the FOIA. Issue a response to request 3 that complies with section 1 of the FOIA.

FOI 1: Upheld FOI 10: Upheld FOI 21: Upheld FOI 22: Upheld