Department for Work and Pensions
- Date 25 April 2022
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 10(1): Upheld
The complainant requested information from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) about the Managed Migration Pilot and Universal Credit. DWP provided an initial response to withhold the information on the basis of section 35(1)(a) (Formulation of Government Policy), which it upheld at internal review. DWP later chose to revisit their decision and decided to disclose the requested information. The Commissioner’s decision is that DWP breached section 10(1) of FOIA by failing to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. No steps are required.