Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board

The complainant has requested information about patients transferring between GP practices in the Banbury area following a moratorium. NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (‘the ICB’) advised it didn’t hold some of the information. It disclosed the relevant information it does hold, withholding small numbers under section 40(2) of FOIA. This exemption concerns personal data. The Commissioner finds that the ICB wrongly applied section 40(2) to one number that’s fewer than 10 but correctly applied it to the remaining information it’s withholding. The Commissioner requires the ICB to take the following step to ensure compliance with the legislation: Disclose to the complainant the number for Hightown under ‘March’ and given as ‘Fewer than 10’.