AQW 6167/16-21 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities what processes are in place to ensure the speedy release of a Freedom of Information request in circumstances where the absence of clearance from either he or his Special Adviser has taken the request beyond the statutory deadline for response.
Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 25 October 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 25 October 2016
- Answer due by
- 9 November 2016
- Answered
- 9 November 201615 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Draft replies to FOI requests may be considered by a number of staff in the department before a response is approved and issued. The Department seeks wherever possible to comply with deadlines for responses to requests.