Link for IOC full Decision notice pdf file: Health and Safety Executive (Other) [2025] UKICO 354296 (9 June 2025)
The Commissioner-™s decision is that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has correctly applied section 30(1)(b) of FOIA to information about a fatality that it-™s withholding. Section 30 concerns investigations and proceedings. However, the timeliness of HSE-™s response didn-™t comply with sections 1(1) and 10(1) of FOIA. The Commissioner requires HSE to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: Communicate to the complainant the information it has advised it can disclose that is relevant to question 5 of the request.