Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

The complainant has requested the number of complaints made about a named health professional. Under section 40(5), the Department for Work and Pensions (“the DWP”) refused to confirm or deny if it held information. The Commissioner’s decision is that the DWP are entitled to rely on section 40(5) of the FOIA to neither confirm or deny whether it holds information. The Commissioner does not require further steps.