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Written Question
Department of Health: Freedom of Information
Tuesday 22nd September 2015

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours his Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.

Answered by Jane Ellison

Staff throughout the Department consider requests made under the Freedom of Information Act as part of their duties, and time spent is not accounted for separately. A central team of five full-time staff manages the caseload and gives advice on Freedom of Information Act requests.