| Heading: |
Ministry of Defence: Freedom of Information |
| Question ID: |
1759948 |
| UIN: |
27390 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5161 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Richard Tice
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Richard Tice
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if he will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of this work. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-07 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5235 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Al Carns
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Al Carns
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| Answer text: |
The Ministry of Defence (MOD), due to its size and complexity, does not operate a central team responsible for answering all Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received by the Department nor is there a central budget for handling FOI requests. Every bu... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |