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1138474

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons 31.2 per cent of freedom of information requests received by his Department were not fulfilled within the 20-day deadline in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	276159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) the 20 working day deadline for response to requests for information may be extended in order to consider the balance of public interest regarding disclosure of held information.</p><p>In 2018, 82% of requests received by the Department were answered within the statutory 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension. In the first quarter of 2019, 68% of requests were answered within the 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension.</p><p>The complexity and diverse nature of the Department means that individual requests may require the involvement of more than one area of the Department and/or consultation with key stakeholders. Regrettably this can sometimes lead to delays in the Department’s ability to providing a timely response.</p><p>The Department remains committed to improving the number of requests answered within the statutory deadline and is working closely with officials across the Department.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 276160 question first answered 16/07/2019 14:42:41 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1138475

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason only 55.4 per cent of FOI requests received by his Department in the first quarter of 2019 were met within the 20-day deadline.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	276160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) the 20 working day deadline for response to requests for information may be extended in order to consider the balance of public interest regarding disclosure of held information.</p><p>In 2018, 82% of requests received by the Department were answered within the statutory 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension. In the first quarter of 2019, 68% of requests were answered within the 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension.</p><p>The complexity and diverse nature of the Department means that individual requests may require the involvement of more than one area of the Department and/or consultation with key stakeholders. Regrettably this can sometimes lead to delays in the Department’s ability to providing a timely response.</p><p>The Department remains committed to improving the number of requests answered within the statutory deadline and is working closely with officials across the Department.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 276159 question first answered 16/07/2019 14:42:41 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

900044

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the Freedom of Information Request relating to PEDL 189 submitted by Mr Ben Dean on 21 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	141813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not received a Freedom of Information Request relating to PEDL 189 submitted by Mr Ben Dean on 21 March 2018. The Department understands that Mr Dean has approached the Oil and Gas Authority on this matter and that they will respond to Mr Dean as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/05/2018 12:21:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

722159

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff in his Department respond to Freedom of Information requests.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	71034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not have a specific number of staff tasked with responding to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. On receipt FOI requests are allocated to officials in the area of the Department relevant to the subject of the request who provide the response.</p><p>The Department’s Information Rights Unit (IRU) processes all FOI requests and provides advice and assistance to policy officials on the application of information rights legislation. The IRU consists of eight members of staff.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/04/2017 15:35:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

713046

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on how many occasions his Department took longer than 30 working days to respond to a freedom of information request in each month since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	68661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my Answer of 24 March to Question 68034:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-03-15/68034/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-03-15/68034/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/03/2017 10:14:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne