F-2011-00363 – Staffing information contained in inspection reports
08 December 2011
Summary of request
The Authority was asked for information about the staffing section of all inspection reports issued following inspections of HFEA licensed fertility treatment clinics during 2003.
HFEA response
The Authority estimates that the cost of complying with this request would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’ set out in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 ('the Regulations'). This limit is £450 and for the purposes of estimating cost, staff time is calculated at notional rate of £25 per hour. Section 12 of the FOIA allows public authorities to decline to provide information requested under the FOIA where the cost of doing so would exceed this appropriate limit.
In estimating the cost of complying with a request for information the Regulations entitle the Authority to take into account the combined costs of determining whether the information is held, locating the information, retrieving the information and extracting the information for the purpose of disclosure.
It is now the HFEA’s policy to publish inspection reports on the HFEA website and these may be helpful sources of information. Also, it may be possible to access the information by contacting the centres directly.
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