Department for Work and Pensions
- Date 30 October 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Upheld, FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant has requested information regarding the names of members of a particular team and emails sent or received by this team. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) breached section 10(1) as it did not comply with section 1(1)(a) within the statutory time frame of twenty working days. DWP also breached section 17 of the Act as it did not inform the complainant that it was withholding information and did not cite the relevant exemption within the statutory time frame. As DWP did issue a revised response, albeit outside the statutory time for compliance, the Commissioner does not require any remedial steps to be taken in respect of this request.