Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
39 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0EU
www.gov.uk/dhsc
Dr Sandeep Bansal
By email to: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
26 July 2024
Dear Dr Bansal,
Freedom of Information Request Reference FOI-1518238
Thank you for your further correspondence dated 15 July and 20 July to the Department of
Health and Social Care (DHSC), in which you provided clarification to your original
Freedom of Information request of 24 June (our ref: FOI-1516072). A copy of your
original request and follow-up correspondence can be found in the accompanying
annexes.
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
In reviewing your request again following your clarification, we have concluded that your
request still requires clarification to ensure we are responding to it fully. As we previously
explained, section 1(3) of the FOIA does not oblige us to answer requests where we
require further clarification to identify and locate the information requested.
You have stated that you are interested in the key focus area of PA/AA regulation and
implementation into the NHS. So that we provide you with the right information please can
you clarify what you mean by the abbreviation ‘PA/AA’.
We apologise that further clarification is needed, but we hope you can appreciate that we
wish to interpret your request correctly and provide a complete response. On receipt of this
information, we will continue to process your request.
Please be aware that we cannot guarantee at this stage that a clarified request will fall
within the FOIA cost limit, or that other exemptions will not apply.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
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Annex A
FOI-1518238
From: Dr Sandeep Bansal <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2024 1:27 AM
To: FreedomofInformation <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Comms with IEA
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
Thanks
I mean the institute of economic affairs (https://iea.org.uk)
Time period the last 12 months and the key focus area is with regards to PA/AA regulation
and implementation into the NHS
Yours faithfully,
Dr Sandeep Bansal
From: Dr Sandeep Bansal <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2024 7:14 PM
To: FreedomofInformation <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Comms with IEA
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
thank you for your clarification question.
by the IEA I mean this org: https://iea.org.uk
Institute of Economic Affairs
Yours faithfully,
Dr Sandeep Bansal
Annex B
FOI-1516072
From: Dr Sandeep Bansal <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2024 12:51 AM
To: FreedomofInformation <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Comms with IEA
Dear Department of Health and Social Care,
Can you please provide me all un-redacted communication between yourselves and the
IEA. Please also give me any meeting dates with them.
If you can categorise the communications into two categories:
1) with Health Ministers
2) Rest of Department of Health
Thank you
Best wishes
Dr Sandeep Bansal
