Question follow-through · 29240

Home Office: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department’s current operational guidance setting out the criteria for referring proposed Freedom of Information responses to (a) the Communications Dire

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
15 Sept 2026
Answer
21 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department’s current operational guidance setting out the criteria for referring proposed Freedom of Information responses to (a) the Communications Dire

  2. 15 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office does not currently intend to place this operational guidance in the library. The guidance is an internal operational document used to support officials in the handling and review of Freedom of Information requests. It is intended for inter...

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