Results 1-8 of 8 for "freedom of information" speaker:Tom Watson
- Written Ministerial Statements — Cabinet Office: Member's and Peer's Correspondence (2 Apr 2009)
Tom Watson: ...received 10 MPs/Peers letters or fewer are not shown in this table. Holding or interim replies are not included unless otherwise indicated. The report does not include correspondence considered as Freedom of Information requests. (ii)Implementation of new correspondence handling system led to delays in first half of the year. Issues have been resolved and led to significant improvement in...
- Lobbying (Whitehall/Westminster) (11 Feb 2009)
Tom Watson: ...principles of public life that now underpin the ministerial and civil service code and govern everything that we do as public servants. Of course, as my hon. Friend said, we must not forget that the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has had a huge impact on the way that the Government do business. I hope he acknowledges, therefore, that we have made great and incremental change over the past...
- Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Departmental Freedom of Information (26 Jan 2009)
Tom Watson: The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on Government Departments' handling of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This includes details of the timeliness of the responses to requests. The statistics are available on the MOJ website: http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/freedomof informationquarterly.htm and copies are available in the Library of the...
- Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: NHS: Information and Communications Technology (5 Nov 2008)
Tom Watson: Papers relating to the 2002 seminar on NHS IT held at Downing street were released following a Freedom of Information request and can be found on the Cabinet Office website at: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/foi/reading_room.aspx Copies have been placed in the Libraries of the House.
- Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Lord Ashcroft (23 Jun 2008)
Tom Watson: The Cabinet Office has received three requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act relating to the assurances given by The Lord Ashcroft on his residency status prior to his elevation to the peerage. The requested information has been refused in all three cases, two of which are now the subject of an internal review. Information about cases referred to the Information...
- Written Ministerial Statements — Cabinet Office: MPs' and Peers' Correspondence (20 Mar 2008)
Tom Watson: ...received 10 MPs/Peers letters or fewer are not shown in this table. Holding or interim replies are not included unless otherwise indicated. The report does not include correspondence considered as Freedom of Information requests. (2) As part of Machinery of Government changes, The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform was formed from the Department of Trade and...
- Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Freedom of Information (19 Mar 2007)
Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Freedom of Information requests to each police authority in England and Wales have not received a statutory response within 21 days.
- Written Answers — Defence: Service Records (4 Sep 2006)
Tom Watson: ...Navy, Army and Royal Air Force personnel staffs who answer such requests work to the same guidance and criteria in discharging MOD's duty to process personal data fairly and in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. Key issues include whether the subject of the record is alive; whether the next of kin are making or are aware of the request; and the precise nature of the...