4 October 2016, Central government
The complainant requested information associated with the Government’s ‘Pay to Stay’ policy at a time when the policy was being formulated and developed in support of the Housing and Planning Bill. In consequence of this, the Department for Communities and Local Government (“the DCLG”) determined that the complaint’s request should be refused in reliance on section 35(1)(a). The Commissioner’s decision is that the DCLG was correct in applying section 35(1)(a) and therefore she does not require the Department to take any further action in this matter.
FOI 35: Not upheld