Health written question – answered at on 12 November 2009.
Sir David Amess
Conservative, Southend West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answers of 1 July 2008, Official Report, column 862W, and 1 September 2008, Official Report, column 1675W, on departmental freedom of information, if he will place in the Library a copy of the information provided on each topic in respect of which the request was (a) agreed to and answered in full and (b) agreed to and answered in part since April 2009; and if he will make a statement.
Gillian Merron
Minister of State (Public Health), Department of Health
The following table provides a breakdown of the number of requests under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to the Department of Health since April 2009: (a) requests agreed to and answered in full; and (b) agreed to and answered in part since April 2009. A copy of the material provided in each case has been placed in the Library.
| FOI requests to the Department of Health for information on abortions; reproductive health, contraception and euthanasia; requests agreed to and answered in full; and agreed to and answered in part since April 2009 | |
| 1 April to 5 November 2009 | |
| Total FOI requests | 8 |
| Agreed/answered in full | 4 |
| Agreed/answered in part | 4 |
| Refused | 0 |
| Information Commissioner's Office appeals | 1 |
| Successful appeals | 0 |
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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Annotations
Richard Taylor
Posted on 18 Nov 2009 2:50 am (Report this annotation)
If the Department of Health's FOI disclosure log was comprehensive this exchange would not have been necessary.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/FreedomOfInformation/Freedomofinform...
I think government departments ought be required to publish disclosure logs listing all substantive FOI requests and responses.
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Richard Taylor
Cambridge
http://www.rtaylor.co.uk