The complainant requested information the Department for Education (DfE) relating to the DfE’s press rebuttals team. By the date of this notice the DfE had not issued a substantive response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the DfE has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in that it failed to provide a valid response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the DfE to provide a substantive response to the request in accordance with its obligations under the FOIA.
FOI 10: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2022] UKICO ic-144590
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 11 November 2022; Ref: scu.674750