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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2022/ic-103925.html
Cite as: [2022] UKICO ic-103925

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HEIW

The complainant submitted a number of requests for information to Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) regarding contracts between HEIW and Cardiff & Vale University Health Board (CVUHB) and HEIW and Cardiff University in respect of Pre-registration Employment and Training in Clinical Psychology. HEIW originally provided a redacted copy of a contract with Cardiff University, refusing to provide some information on the basis of section 43(2) (commercial interests) FOIA, and the personal information within the contract on the basis of section 40(2). It subsequently provided a further redacted contract with CVUHB citing the same exemptions as above. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, it also provided redacted copies of the requested variation orders, again citing section 43(2) to withhold the financial information.  After significant correspondence regarding the existence or otherwise of additional contracts, the Commissioner’s decision is that HEIW holds only one contract relevant to this request and has complied with its obligations under section 1(1) FOIA. The Commissioner is also satisfied that HEIW was entitled to rely on section 43(2) to withhold the financial information. The Commissioner has not investigated HEIW’s reliance on section 40(2) in respect of the personal information, as it does not form part of the complainant’s concerns. The Commissioner has however recorded a breach of section 10(1) FOIA in respect of HEIW’s failure to provide the redacted variation orders within the specified timescales laid out under section 10(1) FOIA.

FOI 43: Complaint not upheld FOI 1: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: ic-103925