Question follow-through · 27386
Department for Education: Freedom of Information
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
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
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
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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