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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2024/300019.html
Cite as: [2024] UKICO 300019
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Department of Health and Social Care
The complainant requested information about personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) relied on section 43(2) of FOIA to withhold information in scope of four parts of the request, which concerns commercial interests. DHSC has subsequently advised that it considers that the information to which it has applied section 43(2) is also exempt under section 23(1) of FOIA, which concerns information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters. The Commissioner’s decision is that DHSC has correctly applied section 23(1) of FOIA to the information it’s withholding under that exemption. It’s not necessary for DHSC to take any steps.FOI 23: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: 300019