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FOI/202500490407 · FOI · partially withheld

Viva Engage posts on hybrid working policy: FOI release

Published
2026-02-10
Received
2025-10-22
Responded
2025-11-19
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills
Exemptions
38(1), 34(1)

Information requested

The following information; “Under The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, I request sight of:

1. ALL posts on Viva Engage from the past six months which relate to HYBRID WORKING FOIS 2. ALL comments under those posts”

Response

I have provided a copy of all posts on Viva Engage from the past 6 months which relate to Hybrid Working FOIs and all of the comments under these posts as attachments.

Please see attached information we hold relevant to your request;

Attachment 1: Hybrid Working FOIs - 12 June VE thread Attachment 2: Hybrid Working FOIs - 18 Aug VE thread

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, e.g. names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.

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Detected exemption language

Please see attached information we hold relevant to your request; Attachment 1: Hybrid Working FOIs - 12 June VE thread Attachment 2: Hybrid Working FOIs - 18 Aug VE thread An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, e.g. names/contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.

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