3 March 2016
Information Rights Tribunal hears Disability news Service case against the information commissioner over its finding that DWP did not need to release peer reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants.
What: The Information Rights Tribunal hears the case brought against the information commissioner over its finding that DWP did not need to release any part of the secret peer reviews carried out into the deaths of benefit claimants. DWP is the second respondent in the tribunal case. Judge Andrew Bartlett QC, who chairs a three-person tribunal panel, hints that he may order DWP to release some of the information from the peer reviews.
Why significant: The latest stage in the long process of securing publication of the peer reviews.
Citations
'Tribunal could order DWP to release key benefit deaths details', Pring, 2016
DWP response
DWP skeleton
Information commissioner response
Pring skeleton argument