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Business Services Organisation

  • Date 20 October 2025
  • Sector Health, Other
  • Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld

The complainant has requested information relating to a steering group. The Business Services Organisation (“the public authority”) disclosed information. The Commissioner’s decision is that:
in failing to disclose non-exempt information within the statutory timeframe, the public authority breached section 10 (timescale for compliance). The Commissioner isn’t satisfied that the public authority has performed adequate searches to identify all of the information it
holds relevant to the request. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: perform further searches to ensure all information relevant to the request has been identified and either confirm no further information is held, disclose the further information identified, or issue a fresh refusal notice which complies with the legislation.