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722113

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department respond to Freedom of Information requests.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	71044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not have this information. Each Freedom of Information request could typically involve a variety of staff from our Call Centre, Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries team, the relevant policy team and a senior civil servant.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 26/04/2017 10:23:40 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

712971

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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	68717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 24 March to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=68045" target="_blank">68045</a>.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 27/03/2017 14:52:56 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

711486

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average response rate was of his Department to individual Freedom of Information requests in each month since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	68045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>FOI statistics are Official Statistics and are governed by the standards set out by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) in their Code of Practice. To publish information outside of the release timetable would be a breach of Protocol 2 of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Freedom of Information statistics were published in December 2016 and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-july-to-september-2016--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-july-to-september-2016--2</a></p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 24/03/2017 12:31:57 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

438957

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's response of 16 December 2015, reference DE000001003266, to the Freedom of Information request made by the hon. Member for Lichfield on 18 November 2014 regarding that Member's meeting with the Minister for Public Health at the Department of Health at 2pm on 1 December 2014, for how long the notes taken by officials at that meeting were retained.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	20387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>Notes of ministerial meetings are retained as long as business needs require. It is not known how long any notes taken at the meeting in question were retained. However, a previous Freedom of Information request asked for the note of this meeting and was answered on the 23 June 2015 and that any notes taken were not available by that date.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/01/2016 11:50:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

426359

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average time his Department took to respond to freedom of information requests in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	14903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government publishes statistics on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 within central government, including on timeliness. These can be found at the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/11/2015 09:32:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

418703

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours his Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	10225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Staff throughout the Department consider requests made under the Freedom of Information Act as part of their duties, and time spent is not accounted for separately. A central team of five full-time staff manages the caseload and gives advice on Freedom of Information Act requests.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/09/2015 09:51:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

417683

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2015 to Question 6508, for what reasons his Department cannot report monthly on the litigation and Counsel's costs relating to the Freedom of Information request for the former Secretary of State for Health's diary of engagements referred to in Information Commissioner Decision Note No. FS50406024 and the subsequent appeals.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	9617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>This is an ongoing legal case and we do not propose to report monthly on the costs of the case. These will be accounted for at the end of the process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/09/2015 15:59:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

389065

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal costs the Government has incurred to date relating to the Freedom of Information request for the former Secretary of State for Health's diary of engagements referred to in Information Commissioner Decision Notice No. FS50406024 and the subsequent appeals.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	6508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>In house legal advisory costs attributable to this particular case are not separately identifiable. Litigation and Counsel's costs will be accounted for at the end of the process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/07/2015 13:45:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

387348

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>No guidance has been issued to staff on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No.19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, about the application of section 38 of the Act. However, the Ministry of Justice has published its own guidance on the use of this exemption. This is available here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a title="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Staff are advised that when they feel an exemption applies under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to consider the most recent Information Commissioner’s Office and Ministry of Justice guidance as part of the decision making process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/07/2015 15:00:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387349

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department has applied exemption s.38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 three times in the past five years as set out below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011 – both s.38(1)(a) and s.38(1)(b) were applied to one case.</p><p> </p><p>2012 – s.38(1)(b) was applied to one case.</p><p> </p><p>2013 – s.38(1)(a) was applied to one case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 5308 question first answered 09/07/2015 15:02:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant