Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82102

Department of Health and Social Care: Freedom of Information

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions his Department has withheld information due to the risk of prejudicing private commercial interest under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in this Parliamen

Answer

Karin Smyth
Since 5 July 2024 the Department has withheld information under section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on 120 occasions. We do not differentiate in our reporting whether information has been withheld specifically under section 43(1), 43(2), or ...

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