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 Work and Pensions (Central government ) [2017] UKICO FS50637830 (22 March 2017)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2017/FS50637830.html
Cite as: [2017] UKICO FS50637830
[New search] [Printable PDF version] [Help]
Department for Work and Pensions
22 March 2017, Central government
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