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1129625

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the Information Commissioner's report, Outsourcing oversight: the case for reforming access to information law which was published in January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	260030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government responded to the IC's report to Parliament on the 24 April 2019.</p><p>Copies of the response have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2019 12:18:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1050843

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to extend the scope of freedom of information laws to include bodies in the private sector that provide public services.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL13262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has already introduced a range of measures to increase transparency in public sector contracts and is publishing more data than ever before. At present, the Government has no plans to legislate in this area.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/02/2019 12:33:14 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

795906

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office of 22 November 2017, Official Report, c1033, if that Minister will meet with Cambridge Assessment and the hon. Member for Cambridge to discuss the updating of freedom of information arrangements aside from the review of the code of practice.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	116229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>We continue to keep the scope of the FOI Act under review, and I am grateful to you for bringing this situation to my attention. I would be very happy to meet with you and Cambridge Assessment on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 06/12/2017 15:21:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

457434

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department plans to accept the recommendations of the Commission on Freedom of Information that the Freedom of Information Act should be extended to private companies which hold public contracts.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	29648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my Written Ministerial Statement of 1 March 2016 [Hansard reference HCWS566]</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 29670 29671 29672 29673 question first answered 08/03/2016 09:30:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

457441

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to change the Cabinet veto over the release of information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	29670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my Written Ministerial Statement of 1 March 2016 [Hansard reference HCWS566]</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 29648 29671 29672 29673 question first answered 08/03/2016 09:30:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

457444

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to extend the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to include private sector companies that deliver public services.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	29671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my Written Ministerial Statement of 1 March 2016 [Hansard reference HCWS566]</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 29648 29670 29672 29673 question first answered 08/03/2016 09:30:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455923

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows publicly funded bodies that are individually bound by that Act to form what is described as a private institution that is claimed to be exempt from that Act, and if so, in which clause or clauses.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>Public authorities subject to the Act are listed in Schedule 1, and companies wholly owned by the public sector are automatically covered through section 6.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 16/03/2016 17:26:31 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

453607

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to make any changes to freedom of information legislation, in particular on the use of false names when seeking disclosure; and if so, what changes they propose, and when will they be brought forward.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL6309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government established the Freedom of Information Commission to review the Freedom of Information Act and we will give careful consideration to its recommendations. Section 8(1)(b) of the FOI Act already requires applicants to provide their real name.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 03/03/2016 14:54:11 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

451788

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any restrictions on the number of Freedom of Information requests an individual can make.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Freedom of Information Act does not place a specific limit on the number of requests an individual can make. However, a request or series of requests for similar information may be refused where they exceed the cost limit, or are vexatious or repeated requests.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 23/02/2016 17:31:39 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

448927

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have guidelines for local authorities about charging for responses to Freedom of Information requests.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not published guidance for local authorities about charging for Freedom of Information requests.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 29/02/2016 12:15:36 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey