Department for Education
- Date 5 January 2022
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 10: Upheld
The complainant requested information the Department for Education (DfE) relating to the DfE’s press rebuttals team. By the date of this notice the DfE had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the DfE has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the DfE to provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA.