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Department for Work and Pensions

The complainant has requested information regarding the decision not to proceed with a particular piece of commissioned research. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) initially withheld all of the information under section 35(1)(a) but disclosed some of the information during the course of the investigation. DWP also withheld the personal data contained within the document under section 40(2). The complainant did not dispute DWP’s reliance on section 40(2). The Commissioner’s decision is that section 35(1)(a) is engaged with regards to the redacted information and that the balance of the public interest lies in disclosure for some of the withheld information with the public interest favouring maintaining the exemption for the remaining withheld information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose the first paragraph of the redacted section. 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 FOIA and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.

FOI 35: Complaint partly upheld

Decision notice: ic-84439