Question follow-through · 110394
Government Departments: Freedom of Information
To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance he issues to Departments on whether they may decline to publish or signpost information which has otherwise been released to members of the public under Freedom of Information laws.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Leader of the House
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance he issues to Departments on whether they may decline to publish or signpost information which has otherwise been released to members of the public under Freedom of Information laws.
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Guide to Parliamentary Work (available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work), published by my office, sets out the government's position regarding the relationship between the treatment of requests for information...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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