Summary: The complainant has requested information on the DWP Work Programme in a specific local authority area. The request consisted of 5 parts and the Commissioner considered the refusal of DWP to provide some information under section 44 of the FOIA by virtue of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and the refusal to provide other information as it would exceed the appropriate cost limit to do so (section 12). The Commissioner-™s decision is that the DWP has correctly applied section 44 to refuse to provide the information requested in Q2 of the request. He also accepts that complying with Q3 and Q5 of the request would exceed the appropriate cost limit and therefore section 12 has been correctly applied.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 12 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 44 - Complaint Not upheld