Department for Education
- Date 9 January 2014
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 40: Not upheld, FOI 41: Not upheld
The complainant has requested copies of all email correspondence between anyone purporting to act on behalf of two named companies or a named Trust between 1 October 2012 and 31 May 2013. The Department for Education (DfE) provided some information to the complainant but made redactions under section 40(2) and section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). It withheld some information in full under section 41 FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the DfE has correctly applied section 40(2), section 41 and section 43(2) FOIA in this case. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.