Department for Work and Pensions

The complainant has requested information that contracted companies supply to the Department for Work and Pensions about their undertaking of Personal Independence Payments assessments. It relies on section 43(2) (commercial interests) to withhold the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that Department for Work and Pensions has not persuaded her that section 43(2) is engaged. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with the withheld information.