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FOI/202500490000 · FOI · partially withheld

Corporate News article regarding New hybrid working policy: FOI release

Published
2026-01-28
Received
2025-10-21
Responded
2025-11-18
Directorate
Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills
Exemptions
38(1), 34(1)

Information requested

Under The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, I request sight of:

Corporate News article (published 28th August 2025): New hybrid working policy ALL comments under the article I politely request receipt of this request.

Response

I have provided a copy of the Corporate News article (published 28th August 2025): New hybrid working policy and all of the comments under this article as attachments.

Please see below all the information we hold relevant to your request.

Attachment 1: Corporate News – New hybrid working policy Attachment 2: New hybrid working policy comments 28 August 2025

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

Attachment 1: Corporate News – New hybrid working policy Attachment 2: New hybrid working policy comments 28 August 2025 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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