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Written question asked by Bob Spink (Conservative) on Monday, 30 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 February 2006. It was answered by Lord Touhig (Labour) on Monday, 6 February 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Freedom of Information Act

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's policy is on the time taken to respond to requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Answer

The Ministry of Defence aims to reply to all requests for information promptly and not later than 20 working days following the receipt of the request unless more time is required to consider the application of a qualified exemption or unless more time is allowed under the provisions of Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 3364.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
47739; 442 c822W;442 c822W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Applications Administration Freedom of information Government departments Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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