| Heading: |
Department for Education: Freedom of Information |
| Question ID: |
1759944 |
| UIN: |
27386 |
| 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 Education, how many staff in her Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of this wor |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4698 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Janet Daby
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| Answering Member handle: |
JanetDaby
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JanetDaby
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| Answer text: |
Answering requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is part of the day-to-day work of all the department’s officials. The costs of officials’ time are not held in such a way that time spent on processing and responding to Freedom of Information r... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |