Link for IOC full Decision notice pdf file: Department For Education (DFE) (Central government) [2025] UKICO 354748 (30 May 2025)
The complainant requested information about referrals from Independent Assessor (IA) to the Student Loans Company (SLC). The Department for Education (the DfE) originally refused the request citing section 12 of FOIA but reconsidered its position at internal review providing the information it held in scope of the complainant-™s subsequent refined request. The Commissioner considers that on the balance of probabilities, the DfE did not hold any further information in scope of the refined request. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.