Department of Health and Social Care: Disclosure of Information

(asked on 4th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average response time to subject access requests was by their Department in the latest period for which data is available; and if they will make an assessment of the adequacy of that response time.


Answered by
Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
This question was answered on 12th September 2023

We endeavour to respond to all Subject Access Requests received within the statutory timescales listed within the Data Protection Act 2018 and United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation.

The Department received 101 requests from April 2022 to September 2023, the latest period for which data is available. We responded to 74 requests within the legal deadline of 30 days set by the Information Commissioner’s Office, with an average response time of 13.13 days. 27 cases had an extension of up to three months applied due to complexity, and 25 of these cases were cleared within the extended period.

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