Department For Education (DFE)

The complainant requested on 29 January 2026 confirmation as to whether Department for Education (DfE) has issued any guidance stating a Personal Transport Budget may not be used flexibly by parents to fund student accommodation or similar non-transport costs; and if no such guidance exists, confirmation that there is no DfE restriction preventing such use. A public authority will breach section 10 of FOIA if it fails to respond to a request within 20 working days. Based on evidence available to the Commissioner, by the date of this notice DfE has not issued a substantive response to this request. Therefore the Commissioner finds a breach of section 10. DfE must provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under FOIA.