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Written question asked by Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 19 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 July 2005. It was answered by Lord Touhig (Labour) on Thursday, 21 July 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Freedom of Information

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests have been answered by the Department; and in how many cases (a) information was wholly exempted, (b) information was partly exempted and (c) the requests were answered in full.
Answer

To date Ministry of Defence has received 3,163 requests. Details of the performance of MOD in the first three months of full operation of the Freedom of Information Act were published by the Department of Constitutional Affairs on 23 June 2005. The information includes requests received, and outcomes categorised as wholly exempted, partly exempted and answered in full. A second exercise looking at the second three months will be published by DCA in due course.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
14954; 436 c2113W;436 c2113W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Freedom of information Ministry of Defence