NHS Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group

In two requests the complainant has requested information from NHS Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group (‘the CCG’) about an ‘Enfield Single Offer’ contract.  The CCG relied on section 21(1) of the FOIA with regards to some information (information accessible to the applicant by other means); it released some information and provided links to where other relevant information is published.  The complainant considers that the CCG holds further relevant information. The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: On the balance of probabilities, the CCG holds no further information falling within the scope of the requests and has now complied with section 1(1)(a) of the FOIA. The CCG breached section 10(1) as it has not communicated to the complainant all the information it holds within 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the CCG to take the following step to ensure it complies with the legislation: If it has not already done so, in order to comply with section 1(1)(b) of the FOIA the CCG must communicate to the complainant the further information it has identified it holds, which it has referred to in its submission of 4 March 2019, having redacted personal data from it. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2019/0138 appeal allowed.