Department For Education (DFE)

The complainant has requested a copy of the criteria or internal decision-making process used by the Department for Education (DfE) and the Education and Skills Funding Agency to determine whether to publish a report or not. DfE withheld the information under section 31(1)(a) of FOIA (law enforcement). The Commissioner’s decision is that DfE was entitled to rely on section 31(1)(a) to withhold the information and that the public interest favours maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner does not require DfE to take any steps as a result of this decision.