Request

May I request the following:

The number of COVID vaccinations carried out and payments made for these vaccinations to individual pharmacies, listed by their ODS code and with full postal address details.

Could you provide the data for the month of April 2025 in EXCEL format please.

To be absolutely clear, the data should be :

Column1--Administration Month

Column2--ODS Code

Column3--Pharmacy Name

Column4--Pharmacy Trading Name

Column5--Pharmacy Address

Column6--Pharmacy Post Code

Column7--Number of Vaccinations Claimed

Column8--Number of Vaccinations Paid

Column9--Payment Amount GBP

Response

We have considered this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000). 

The NHSBSA does hold the requested information; however, we consider that this information is exempt from disclosure under section 22 of the FOIA. This provides an exemption from the duty to disclose information where the requested information is intended for future publication.  

The information is intended for future publication on 24 June 2025.

The Information Commissioner’s Office guidance states that “the public authority must, at the time of the request, hold the information and intend that it or “any other person” will publish it in future.

This means that it must have a

“settled expectation that the information will be published at some future date”. 

Section 22 is a class-based, qualified exemption and is subject to the public interest test. This means that not only does the information have to prejudice one of the purposes listed, but before the information can be withheld, the public interest in preventing that prejudice must outweigh the public interest in disclosure. 

Considerations for disclosure: 

• Public accountability. 

• The need for public authorities to be transparent in their dealings. 

Considerations against disclosure:  

• The information is intended for future publication once finalised and will be published in less than a month.

• Disclosing the information as part of an FOI request prior to the publication date would require duplication of effort.

Conclusion: 

In the circumstances we consider that it is reasonable to withhold the information until its planned publication.

The information will be available at the web link below on 24 June 2025.

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/theme/community_prescribing_dispensing

Please see the following link to view the section 22 in full - Freedom of Information Act 2000 (legislation.gov.uk) 

Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02819

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.

Data Queries

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

Reusing the data and copyright

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:

“NHSBSA Copyright 2025” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated.

Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.