Department for Work and Pensions

The complainant has requested information about the number of civil servants involved in the rollout of Universal Jobmatch (UJM) who received a box 1 review marking and the associated costs. DWP has refused the request citing FOIA section 12 – costs exceed the appropriate limit. The Commissioner’s decision is that DWP is entitled to rely on section 12 to refuse the request. However, DWP failed to discharge its duty under section 16 of the FOIA.  The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any action.