This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Photographs of Helen Whately'.


 
Freedom of Information Team 
Department of Health and Social Care 
39 Victoria Street 
London SW1H 0EU  
www.gov.uk/dhsc 
 
 
Ms Felicity Harrison 
By email to: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx 
26 February 2025 
 
Dear Ms Harrison, 
 
Freedom of Information Request Reference FOI-1572482 
 
Thank you for your request dated 4 February to the Department of Health and Social Care 
(DHSC), a copy of which can be found in the accompanying annex. 
 
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). 
 
DHSC holds the information you have requested. 
 
The filenames for the rest of the photoshoot are as follows: 
 
LH-HW-1.jpg 
LH-HW-2.jpg 
LH-HW-3.jpg 
LH-HW-4.jpg 
LH-HW-5.jpg 
LH-HW-6.jpg 
LH-HW-7.jpg 
LH-HW-8.jpg 
LH-HW-9.jpg 
LH-HW-10.jpg 
LH-HW-11.jpg 
 
Each file has the same description: 
 
"14/11/2023. London, United Kingdom. Minister of State in the Department for Health and 
Social Care Helen Whately poses for an official portrait at the Department of Health and 
Social Care. Picture by Lauren Hurley / DHSC” 
 
We are withholding the photos themselves under section 40(2) of the FOIA, which 
provides for the protection of personal information. Section 40 prohibits a public body from 
disclosing personally identifiable information, as doing so would contravene the first data 
protection principle. 
 
If you are not satisfied with the handling of your request, you can request we undertake an 
internal review. If doing so, it would be helpful for you to be explicit which areas of the 
Freedom of Information response you consider dissatisfactory. Complaints to us should be 

 
 
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submit ed within 40 working days of the date of this letter. 
 
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communication. 
 
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to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Generally, the ICO cannot make a 
decision unless you have already complained to us about our original response and 
received our response to your complaint and, if applicable, our internal review decision. 
You should raise your concerns with the ICO within six weeks of your last substantive 
contact with us. 
 
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information about making a complaint can be found at https:/ ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint. 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
Freedom of Information Team 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx 

 
 
Annex 
 
From: Felicity Harrison <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> 
Sent: 04 February 2025 14:06 
To: FreedomofInformation <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx> 
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Photographs of Helen Whately 
 
Dear Department of Health and Social Care, 
 
Thank you for your reply to my request last year. 
 
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/helen whately photograph#describe state for
m 1 
 
The photograph you sent me was called LH HW 10 and was taken on November 14 2023. 
 
I would like to receive, in line with FOI, the rest of that photoshoot. 
 
I would also like to know the filenames and a description of the other photographs taken 
using the same camera on the same date. 
 
Yours faithfully, 
 
Felicity Harrison