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Dear [name removed],

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref:FOI-1381078).

Yours sincerely, 

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear [name removed]
 
Please find attached the outcome to the internal review
regarding FOI-1381078.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Dominic Stanton
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