British
and Irish Legal Information Institute
Freely Available British and Irish Public Legal Information
[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback]
Information Commissioner's Office
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> Department for Education (Decision Notice) [2013] UKICO FS50460593 (27 February 2013)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2013/FS50460593.html
Cite as: [2013] UKICO FS50460593
[New search] [Printable PDF version] [Help]
Department for Education (Decision Notice) [2013] UKICO FS50460593 (27 February 2013)
Summary: The complainant requested from the Department for Education (-DfE-) the release of all documents in which corporal punishment was discussed in relation to part-time education providers catering for children of compulsory school age between 3 August 2007 and 26 November 2008. He emphasised that he was requesting the release of the whole of any documents which contained any relevant discussions, not just the parts that specifically addressed corporal punishment in relation to part-time education providers. The DfE argued that this did not constitute a valid request under section 8 of FOIA as it did not adequately describe the information requested. The Commissioner-s decision is that the complainant-s request is a valid request which meets the requirements of section 8. The Commissioner requires the public authority to issue a fresh response under FOIA, treating the request as a valid request for the whole of any documents which contain any discussion of corporal punishment in relation to part-time education providers between 3 August 2007 and 26 November 2008.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 8 - Complaint Upheld