Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

The complainant has requested a copy of the draft “Small for Gestational Age” guideline (draft guideline). Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) relied on section 14(1) of FOIA (vexatious) to refuse the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request was not vexatious and therefore the Trust was not entitled to rely upon section 14(1) of FOIA to refuse it. The Commissioner requires the Trust to issue a fresh response to the request that does not rely on section 14(1) of FOIA.