British
and Irish Legal Information Institute
Freely Available British and Irish Public Legal Information
[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback]
Information Commissioner's Office
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> Public Health England (Health) [2021] UKICO IC-71243 (26 January 2021)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2021/ic-71243.html
Cite as: [2021] UKICO IC-71243
[New search] [Printable PDF version] [Help]
Public Health England
The complainant made two information requests to Public Health England (PHE) for information about research regarding the susceptibility of certain groups to Covid-19 and for information regarding Covid-19 testing figures. By the date of this notice PHE had failed to provide a substantive response to either request. The Commissioner’s decision is that PHE failed to respond to the requests within 20 working days and has therefore breached section 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires PHE to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation. Issue a substantive response, under the FOIA, to both requests. PHE must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.FOI 10: Complaint upheld
Decision notice: IC-71243