Department for Education
- Date 28 March 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 31: Partly upheld
The complainant requested information in relation to the number, nature, and effects of cyber-attacks on The Department for Education (DfE). The department neither confirmed nor denied whether it held information within scope of the request, relying on the exclusion at section 31(3) FOIA. The Commissioner has concluded that DfE was not entitled to neither confirm nor deny whether it held information within scope of the first part of the request, but was entitled to neither confirm nor deny whether it held information within the scope of the second part of the request.