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Department for Work and Pensions (Central Government): ICO 22 Mar 2017

The complainant has requested information relating to the roll out schedule of Universal Credit. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take to issue a substantive response to the complainant under the Act by either complying with section 1(1) or issuing a valid refusal notice. The public authority must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
FOI 10: Upheld FOI 1: Upheld

Citations:

[2017] UKICO FS50637830

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Information

Updated: 01 November 2022; Ref: scu.583715

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