Charging Policy : mixed requests

Mixed requests

6.1 A mixed request is one where an applicant requests information under more than one access regime. The most important access regimes apart from FOI are subject access rights under the Data Protection Act 1998 and access to environmental information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

6.2 The three regimes have slightly different charging processes:

• HSE does not charge for “subject access” requests made under the Data Protection Act.
• The charging regime under the Environmental Information Regulations states that authorities cannot refuse to answer requests solely on grounds of cost.

6.3 When calculating fees, HSE will separate out the constituent parts of the request and charge according to each regime.