Department for Transport
- Date 23 March 2017
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 44: Not upheld
The complainant has requested an electronic copy of the document containing the penalty fare appeals criteria used by the Independent Appeals Service and approved by the Department for Transport (DfT). The DfT refused to disclose the requested information under section 31(1)(c), 41, 43(2) and 44(1)(a) FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the DfT has correctly applied section 44 (1)(a) FOIA to the withheld information. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2017/0052 dismissed. Information Tribunal appeal GIA/466/2018 struck out.