Department for Education
- Date 14 November 2022
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 21: Not upheld
The complainant made a request for the
Teaching Regulation Agency (“TRA”) complaints policy. The TRA is an executive
agency of the Department for Education (“DfE”). For the purposes of this notice
the DfE will be referenced as the Public Authority. The DfE explained that as the
TRA is an executive agency of the DfE it follows the same complaints procedure
as the DfE. It said that as this information was already publicly accessible it was
exempt from disclosure under FOIA due to the exemption at section 21
(information reasonably accessible to the applicant). It did however provide a
link to where the complaints policy could be accessed. The Commissioner
considers that the DfE correctly applied section 21 FOIA in this case. The
Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.