Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to improve the quality and timeliness of his Department's responses to Freedom of Information requests.
Last year, the Cabinet Office responded to 94% of requests in time. This was 3% above the average timeliness of other monitored bodies. In the first quarter of this year Cabinet Office answered 96% of requests in time. The Cabinet Office receives requests for some of the most sensitive information in Government, and must consider the public interest carefully when considering whether it is appropriate to release information in response to those requests.