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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2018/fs50717570.html
Cite as: [2018] UKICO fs50717570

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Nursing and Midwifery Council

The complainant requested information from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (“the NMC”) about a competence test. The test, which comprises a computer-based test (“CBT”) and an objective structured clinical examination (“OSCE”), is compulsory for applicants who have trained in nursing or midwifery outside the UK and wish to register with the NMC. The NMC disclosed some information to the complainant, but withheld information relating to the number of candidates, the pass rate and the number of complaints, broken down by test site, under section 43(2) of the FOIA – prejudicial to commercial interests – and under section 31(1)(g) of the FOIA – prejudicial to the exercise of specific law enforcement functions. The Commissioner’s decision is that neither exemption is engaged in this case and that the NMC withheld the information incorrectly. The Commissioner requires the NMC to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: disclose the withheld information to the complainant.

FOI 31: Complaint upheld FOI 43: Complaint upheld

Decision notice: fs50717570