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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2023/253166.html
Cite as: [2023] UKICO 253166

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Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

The complainant requested information from the Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (Trust). By the date of this notice the public authority had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust has breached section 10(1) of FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation. The Trust must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA. The public authority must take this step 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 FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.

FOI 10(1): Complaint upheld

Decision notice: 253166