{"value":{"id":1759944,"askingMemberId":5161,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-29T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-02-03T00:00:00","uin":"27386","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in her Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of this work.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4698,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-02-11T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Answering requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is part of the day-to-day work of all the department’s officials. The costs of officials’ time are not held in such a way that time spent on processing and responding to Freedom of Information requests can be estimated.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Department for Education: Freedom of Information","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1759944","method":"GET"}]}