Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 27388
Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information
Tabled: 29 January 2025
Answered: 6 February 2025
Question
Richard Tice
Reform UK — Boston and Skegness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Department does not keep this information centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs. This is because, whilst all Freedom of Information (FOI) requests are cleared by a central team, depending on the nature of the request, any memb...
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