Question follow-through · 23965

Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to respond to the Freedom of Information Act request by Mr Langton of 21 December 2024.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 14 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 16 Jan 2025
Answer: 21 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to respond to the Freedom of Information Act request by Mr Langton of 21 December 2024.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2025
Answer published
Mr Langton’s Freedom of Information request was made electronically and was received by the Department on 21 December 2024. The request has been given the reference FOI2024/105315. The statutorily defined deadline to respond to any Freedom of Information ...

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