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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18042, on Freedom of Information, if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent Round Robin guidance on answering incoming Freedom of Information requests; and on what date...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026, to Question 18042, on Freedom of Information, if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent Round Robin guidance on answering incoming Freedom of Information requests; and on what date...
The Freedom of Information Round Robin list is circulated twice weekly to departments. The Cabinet Office will not be placing the most recent copy of the list in the Library as it would likely prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs by inhibiting the free and frank provision of advice. The Cabinet Office will disclose Round Robin lists in response to Freedom of Information requests where the public interest weighs in favour of doing so. The most recent disclosure was in May 2026.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the cross-government FOI Practitioners’ Forum last met.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the cross-government FOI Practitioners’ Forum last met.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 17340 on Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information, what policy requests were made by the three organisations.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 17340 on Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information, what policy requests were made by the three organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many Freedom of Information Act appeals are currently before the Information Commissioner, how many are more than (a) one year (2) two years, (3) three or more years from date of application; and what steps her Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many Freedom of Information Act appeals are currently before the Information Commissioner, how many are more than (a) one year (2) two years, (3) three or more years from date of application; and what steps her Department is...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is independent of Government and is responsible for deciding how Freedom of Information Act complaints are prioritised, investigated and resolved. Whilst DCMS sponsors the ICO, government policy for Freedom of Information sits with the Cabinet Office.
The Department does not hold the operational information requested. The ICO publishes information about its performance and case-handling activity on its website and reports annually to Parliament on its approach to complaints and investigations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what is the average time for the Information Commissioner to (a) open a case on a Freedom of Information Act appeal from time of application and (b) to substantively make a decision on a case once it has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what is the average time for the Information Commissioner to (a) open a case on a Freedom of Information Act appeal from time of application and (b) to substantively make a decision on a case once it has been...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is independent of Government and is responsible for deciding how Freedom of Information Act complaints are prioritised, investigated and resolved. Whilst DCMS sponsors the ICO, government policy for Freedom of Information sits with the Cabinet Office.
The Department does not hold the operational information requested. The ICO publishes information about its performance and case-handling activity on its website and reports annually to Parliament on its approach to complaints and investigations.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the Ministerial meeting between the UK Open Government Network, Transparency International and the Open Data Institute and the Hon Member for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven on 24 March 2026.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the Ministerial meeting between the UK Open Government Network, Transparency International and the Open Data Institute and the Hon Member for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven on 24 March 2026.
In line with standard practice across government, minutes of ministerial meetings are not routinely published or placed in the Library. However, details of all Ministerial meetings are published on GOV.UK on a quarterly basis.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18042 on Freedom of Information, if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent FOI round robin guidance issued by the Cabinet Office to departments on the handling...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18042 on Freedom of Information, if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent FOI round robin guidance issued by the Cabinet Office to departments on the handling...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's publication entitled The Seventh National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP7): Analysis of initial evidence gathering, updated on 4 August 2026, for what reason her Department did not seek co-creation immediately for the proposals on Freedom of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's publication entitled The Seventh National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP7): Analysis of initial evidence gathering, updated on 4 August 2026, for what reason her Department did not seek co-creation immediately for the proposals on Freedom of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 10643 on Freedom of Information: Databases, how many FOI requests have received a substantive response so far in calendar year 2026, where the information was substantively disclosed; and if she will list...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 10643 on Freedom of Information: Databases, how many FOI requests have received a substantive response so far in calendar year 2026, where the information was substantively disclosed; and if she will list...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department's Freedom of Information Team issues round robin guidance on answering Freedom of Information Act requests.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department's Freedom of Information Team issues round robin guidance on answering Freedom of Information Act requests.
The Cabinet Office oversees the Freedom of Information round robin process and will issue guidance where appropriate.
Information on the FOI round robin process is publicly available on GOV.UK at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to make changes to Freedom of Information cost thresholds.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to make changes to Freedom of Information cost thresholds.
The Government is committed to Freedom of Information (“FOI”) and continues to monitor the performance and implementation of the FOI Act to ensure it is operating as intended by Parliament.
We do not have any current plans to amend the FOI Act or the cost thresholds.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether representatives of (a) his Department and (b) Downing Street have briefed the Financial Times on reforming the Freedom of Information Act.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether representatives of (a) his Department and (b) Downing Street have briefed the Financial Times on reforming the Freedom of Information Act.
It would not be appropriate to comment on speculation, though I would note that this statement neither confirms nor denies the legitimacy of the source comment quoted by the Financial Times. The government has strengthened many transparency and disclosure standards — providing openness to the public while applying clear safeguards where sensitive or security-related information is concerned.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Act response of 10 April 2026 FOI reference: FOI2026/04972, if he will make it his policy to issue a Ministerial Correction to the Answer of 20 February to Question 112174 on Government: Policy.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Act response of 10 April 2026 FOI reference: FOI2026/04972, if he will make it his policy to issue a Ministerial Correction to the Answer of 20 February to Question 112174 on Government: Policy.
The answer to Question 112174 is correct.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026, to Question 2767, on Prime Minister: Diaries, whether the (a) No10 Freedom of Information team and (b) the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information policy team, now deem that party political events held in Ministerial...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026, to Question 2767, on Prime Minister: Diaries, whether the (a) No10 Freedom of Information team and (b) the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information policy team, now deem that party political events held in Ministerial...
Whether or not a public authority holds information for the purposes of Section 3(2) of the Freedom of Information Act is assessed on a case-by-case basis. This is considered with reference to the Code of Practice issued under section 45 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the guidance published by the Information Commissioner. This has been the practice under successive governments.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 3289, on Freedom of Information: Databases, whether the Fivium e-case database records the exemptions used where a FOI request is substantively refused; and whether it records a summary of the information requested.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 3289, on Freedom of Information: Databases, whether the Fivium e-case database records the exemptions used where a FOI request is substantively refused; and whether it records a summary of the information requested.
Cabinet Office records the full text of the FOI requests it receives and the exemptions applied in our responses. The exemptions applied are reported in the FOI statistics, which are published on a quarterly and annual basis, on Gov.UK at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/freedom-of-information-statistics.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has released internal guidance under the Freedom of Information Act in the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has released internal guidance under the Freedom of Information Act in the last 12 months.
The Cabinet Office considers each request for information under the Freedom of Information Act on a case by case basis and in line with the legislation.
To identify whether the Department has released internal guidance would exceed the threshold and incur a disproportionate cost to the Cabinet Office as it would require examination of every FOI request where information was provided to the requester in the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether party political events in the Prime Minister’s diary are held information for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether party political events in the Prime Minister’s diary are held information for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act.
Whether or not the Cabinet Office holds information for the purposes of a Freedom of Information request is assessed on a case by case basis by considering the context and circumstances of each individual request, and with reference to legal precedent.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 14 April 2026 to Question 122722 on Government Departments: Freedom of Information, whether his Department has used the mosaic effect justification in responses to Freedom of Information Act requests.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 14 April 2026 to Question 122722 on Government Departments: Freedom of Information, whether his Department has used the mosaic effect justification in responses to Freedom of Information Act requests.
This data is not held centrally.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to issue a consultation on the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to issue a consultation on the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Government is committed to Freedom of Information (FOI) and continues to monitor the performance and implementation of the FOI Act to ensure it is operating as intended.
There are no current plans for a consultation on the FOI Act.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 124815 on Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to support transparency of public sector information through the Freedom of Information Act.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 124815 on Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to support transparency of public sector information through the Freedom of Information Act.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was a significant achievement of the last Labour Government and has been instrumental in delivering greater transparency, openness and accountability to the public. The Act remains a fundamental pillar of our democracy and the Cabinet Office continues to monitor the performance and implementation of FOIA to ensure it is operating as intended.