Freedom of Information Request: 0433 2019/20

Please could you provide me with a spreadsheet/table showing the numbers of trousers that have been distributed to dieticians employed by your Trust in the 2018 calendar year where the waist measurement was 40inchs or more? 

For each type of trousers please give a breakdown showing the waist size and the number of those waists sized trousers that were distributed.

The Trust does hold this information, however, to disclose it could potentially lead to identification of the individual(s) the information relates to. We are therefore withholding this information under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act.

Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act provides an exemption from the right to information if it is personal data as defined in the Data Protection Act 2018. “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual.

Section 40 (2) is an absolute exemption meaning there is no requirement to consider the public interest when disclosing this information.