Department for Work and Pensions

The complainant has requested information from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) about various matters. DWP has relied on section 12 – costs of compliance exceed the appropriate limit. The Commissioner’s decision is that DWP is entitled to rely on section 12 to refuse this request. She notes that the response to the request was provided outside of the statutory 20 day time limit and accordingly DWP has breached section 10 FOIA. The Commissioner does not require DWP to take any further steps.