FOIA: Tribunal finds that public interest requires disclosure of one Health and Social Care Bill risk register but not another (First-tier Tribunal) | Practical Law

FOIA: Tribunal finds that public interest requires disclosure of one Health and Social Care Bill risk register but not another (First-tier Tribunal) | Practical Law

In Department of Health v Information Commissioner and another (EA/2011/0286 & 287), the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) has ordered the Department of Health to disclose its transitional risk register for the Health and Social Care Bill following a request made for its disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. However, the Tribunal held that the public interest did not require the DoH to disclose its strategic risk register relating to the Bill.

FOIA: Tribunal finds that public interest requires disclosure of one Health and Social Care Bill risk register but not another (First-tier Tribunal)

by PLC Public Sector
Published on 11 Apr 2012 • England, Wales
In Department of Health v Information Commissioner and another (EA/2011/0286 & 287), the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) has ordered the Department of Health to disclose its transitional risk register for the Health and Social Care Bill following a request made for its disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. However, the Tribunal held that the public interest did not require the DoH to disclose its strategic risk register relating to the Bill.