Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 April 2005. It was answered by Patricia Hewitt (Labour) on Thursday, 7 April 2005 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what applications were made to her Department during January under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; what the cost was of discovery and distribution of the information requested; how many requests were answered within the statutory 20 days; and what reasons were given to those whose requests were rejected.

Answer: Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what applications were made to her Department during January under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; what the cost was of discovery and distribution of the information requested; how many requests were answered within the statutory 20 days; and what reasons were given to those whose requests were rejected. [214236] Ms Hewitt: My Department received 147 applications under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in January. No information is held centrally on the cost of dealing with these applications. 91 or 62 per cent. of the applications were answered within the statutory 20 days. 45 or 30 per cent. of the applications were refused in full or in part on the grounds of relevant exemptions provided for by the Act.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 432 c1626W;432 c1621W; 214236
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Disclosure of information Costs Department of Trade and Industry Freedom of information Government departments
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