Department for Transport

The complainant has requested information relating to the decision to place South Africa on the red list during the pandemic. The DfT refused to provide the withheld information, citing section 35(1)(a) and section 35(1)(b) (government policy) of FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Department for Transport (DfT) was entitled to withhold the requested information, citing section 35 (government policy) of FOIA as its basis for doing so. The Commissioner does not require the DfT to take any steps.