Should the number of hours required to obtain and provide information under the Freedom of Information Act exceed the £450 threshold (of £25 per hour - set in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection [Appropriate Limit and Fees] Regulations 2004), the Trust is not obliged to comply with the request.  It should however, and it is obliged to do so, offer advice and assistance under Section 16.  The Trust will endeavour to discuss with the applicant, the possibility of refining the request to cost less.

The Trust does not at present charge for materials used to provide responses to FOI requests, however, it is entitled to do so at a cost to be determined by the Trust, should the response require significant resources to be produced.  The Trust would make that cost known.

The full policy is available here.