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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 February 2016. It was answered by David Lidington (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 February 2016 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Freedom of Information

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many freedom of information requests were (a) granted and (b) refused by his Department in each of the last five years.

Answer

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) submits statistics on freedom of information performance to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis. These statistics, along with those of other departments of state, are published in a quarterly statistics bulletin (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics). The quarter four bulletin includes annual figures.

The FCO annual figures for 2010-2014 are shown in the attached table.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
26939
Session
2015-16
Attachment
FCO Annual FOI Figures 2010-14
Subjects
Freedom of information Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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