Freedom of Information request on the number of organisations that have licensed data from CPRD from 2018-2022 (FOI 22/707)
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FOI 22/707
19th May 2022
Dear
Thank you for your information request, dated 18th May 2022, where you asked for the following information:
Please provide for the years 2018/2019/2020/2021/2022
The number of organisations that have licensed data from CPRD under the following categories by year:
- Full Multi Study License Fee
- SME Commercial Multi study License fee
- Non Commercial Multi study License fee
The name of the organisations that have licensed data from CPRD under the following categories by year:
- Full Multi Study License Fee
- SME Commercial Multi study License fee
- Non Commercial Multi study License fee
Please kindly prove the above in an electronic format e.g. Microsoft Excel worksheet
Unfortunately, the information is exempt from release under:
Section 41 – Information provided in confidence
Information provided to the Agency in confidence, with the expectation that it will not be released. The release of this information would likely result in a court action for that breach of confidence; and that court action would be likely to succeed. Section 41 is an absolute exemption.
Section 43 – Commercial interests
Information where disclosure would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of any person, including third parties or the public authority that holds the information. Section 43 is a qualified exemption, which means that we have considered whether the public interest in releasing the information is outweighed by the public interest in not giving the information. In favour of disclosure, we consider that the public interest will be better served by not releasing the information. Releasing the information would prejudice the CPRD’s commercial interests in this case and in future.
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