United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

The complainant has requested the relevant professional registration numbers of individuals involved in their mother’s care. United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (‘the Trust’) refused the request under sections 21 and 40(2) of FOIA. These exemptions concern information already accessible to the applicant and personal data, respectively. The Trust subsequently carried out further searches for relevant information. Its final position is that it holds no other relevant information and that sections 21 and 40(2) are engaged in respect of the information it does hold. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, the Trust doesn’t hold any other relevant information and that the information it does hold is exempt under sections 21(1) and 40(2) of FOIA. The Commissioner doesn’t require further steps.