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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2022/ic-107649.html
Cite as: [2022] UKICO ic-107649

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General Dental Council

The complainant has requested information from the General Dental Council (‘GDC’) about under-guise investigations. The GDC initially advised that it did not hold any relevant information The GDC subsequently identified information within scope of the request that it does hold but which it has withheld under section 21(1) of the FOIA (information accessible to applicant by other means), section 31(1)(g)(law enforcement) and section 40(2) (personal data). The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: The information the GDC is withholding is exempt information under section 21, section 31(1)(g) with subsections 31(2)(b), (2)(c) and (2)(d), and section 40(2) of the FOIA. The public interest favours maintaining the section 31(1)(g) exemption. On the balance of probabilities, the GDC holds no other relevant information and has complied with section 1(1)(a). The GDC breached section 17(1) as it did not provide the complainant with a refusal notice within 20 working days of the request. The Commissioner does not require the GDC to take any remedial steps.

FOI 17: Complaint upheld FOI 31: Complaint not upheld FOI 21: Complaint not upheld FOI 40: Complaint not upheld FOI 1: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: ic-107649