Link for IOC full Decision notice pdf file: UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) (Health) [2025] UKICO 387085 (6 June 2025)
Section 10(1) of FOIA states that a public authority must respond to a request within 20 working days. Section 17(3) of FOIA states that where a public authority is relying on a qualified exemption, it can have a -reasonable- extension of time to consider the public interest in maintaining the exemption or disclosing the information. The Commissioner finds that by failing to respond to the request within a reasonable time frame, the public authority has breached section 17(3) of FOIA.