Care Quality Commission

The complainant has requested information on complaints recorded at a named dental practice and against a named dentist. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) refused the request, citing sections 31, 40, 41 and 44 FOIA.  The Commissioner’s decision is that the majority of the information constitutes personal data and the CQC has correctly withheld this under section 40(2) FOIA.  For a small amount of information that may not be personal data the Commissioner finds the CQC has correctly withheld this under section 41 FOIA. No steps are required.