Dear Ms Speers

Please find the attached response to your request for an internal review.

Best Wishes

Information Access Officer
Information Governance Team
Care Quality Commission
Finsbury Tower
103-105 Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TG


Tel: 03000 616161



Statutory requests for information made pursuant to access to information legislation, such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, should be sent to: [Care Quality Commission request email]




-----Original Message-----
From: D. Speers [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: 12 June 2009 13:46
To: Information Access
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - HC Investigation Report inmto WLMHT

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews. I am writing to request an internal review of
Care Quality Commission's handling of my FOI request 'HC
Investigation Report into WLMHT'as i remain concerned that your
response is not within FOI guidance.

Please review your comments on the reason why exemption is being
sought under Section 22.

As stated on my request into remit of the MHAC, you have also
responded to my request for access to a copy of the HC
Investigation Report into WLMHT in particular. Thank you for your
information on how many investigations CQC inherited from HC.

Specifically, you are claiming exemption from discloure under
section 22 of the FOI Act 2000 and if your are using that I believe
you should also be providing me with a list of points for and
against disclosure and reasons as to how an overall balance was
reached in your decision?

The FOI guidelines state: "Information that is of "Public
Interest", means that it is in the something which serves the
interests of the public, not something that might be interesting!

I believe as a public authority you have to decide whether in this
case, your decision serves the interests of the public better to
withhold or to disclose information. I do not believe your comment
on public interest has been interpretated as per specific FOI
guideance in the reference to Public Interest Test and I am asking
for more details on how you reached your decision and also a full
timetable for release to determine whether your decision can be
considered reasonable or not.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hc_investigation_report_inmto_wl

Yours sincerely,

D. Speers



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