The complainant has requested information on the compatibility with Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights with the non-payment of Universal Credit to single claimants who die during an active assessment period. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was entitled to aggregate the requests under section 12(4) of FOIA but was not entitled to rely on section 12(2) to neither confirm nor deny whether it held the requested information. The Commissioner requires DWP to issue a fresh response to the request that does not rely on section 12(2). The public authority must take these steps within 30 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 the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.