Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has referred any Freedom of Information requests received by his Department to the central Cabinet Office Clearing House on Freedom of Information requests for advice on handling, in the last two years.

The Department has occasionally referred Freedom of Information requests to the central Cabinet Office Clearing House for advice on handling in the last two years, in accordance with referral criteria which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information