Results 1-12 of 12 for "freedom of information" speaker:Jacqui Smith

Business of the House: Government Information (Unauthorised Release) (4 Dec 2008) has video

Jacqui Smith: ...and legitimately, the appropriate ways for members of the public and Members of the House—and civil servants, when necessary—to make information publicly available. I am thinking of the Freedom of Information Act, the whistleblowing processes that I outlined and the legislation that we have put in place to support whistleblowers. Given that record, my right hon. Friend is right...

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Freedom of Information (21 Jan 2008)

Jacqui Smith: ...in full. The remainder resulted in a partial disclosure or the requests were still being processed after 30 September last year. All percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. All Freedom of Information requests are logged on an Access database. An automatic case reference number is generated by the database when a new case is added. Unfortunately a summary of each request...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Immigration Review (9 Jul 2007)

Jacqui Smith: ...for and provided to Ministers to allow the most rigorous analysis to be made of the ongoing costs of delivering a very important policy—ID cards. I am, of course, completely in favour of freedom of information, but it is also my view that there will be— [Interruption.] There will be important areas such as advice to Ministers and ongoing analysis of policies that the original...

Written Answers — Home Department: Departments: Publications (9 Jul 2007)

Jacqui Smith: The research review of Business Crime research was undertaken in November 2003. It was used internally but not placed into a final published report although it has now been released under the Freedom of Information Act. The cost of the research was £6,350.

Written Answers — Home Department: Departments: Publications (9 Jul 2007)

Jacqui Smith: ...into the ACU Mentoring Programme was undertaken between April 2003 and March 2004. It was used internally but not placed into a final published report although it has now been released under the Freedom of Information Act. The cost of the research is estimated to have been £100,000.

Written Answers — Home Department: Yarl's Wood Detention Centre (9 Jul 2007)

Jacqui Smith: It is the policy of the Border and Immigration Agency to deposit copies of the operating contracts, redacted in accordance with Freedom of Information Act, for Immigration Removal Centres in the House of Commons Library. The redacted contracts do not detail the services provided to detainees as they are exempt under Section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act. The Yarl's Wood contract,...

Public Bill Committee: Education and Inspections Bill: Clause 2 - Duties in relation to diversity and choice (30 Mar 2006)

Jacqui Smith: Freedom of information queries are terribly exciting and conspiratorial, but that information was already in the public domain. We have already held three very useful seminars at No. 10 at which head teachers, Labour local authorities and private sector sponsors described the opportunities offered by the Bill. Higher education institutions, private sector partners, groups of head teachers and...

Orders of the Day — Equality Bill (5 Apr 2005)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ..., particularly with regard to section 73. We are examining carefully what to do to ensure that that is the case. Perhaps I can write to the hon. Member for North-West Norfolk on the point about freedom of information in relation to clause 6. I want to respond, however, to the point made about the state of the nation report and the function of the commission to monitor equality. That is an...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Freedom of Information (27 Jan 2005)

Ms Jacqui Smith: The Freedom of Information Act applies to public authorities only, as listed in Schedule 1, specified in section 6, or designated under section 5 of the Act. No Orders have yet been made under section 5. The Department of Constitutional Affairs will shortly hold a public consultation on the scope and use of section 5. Where a request is received for information which constitutes a trade,...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Freedom of Information (10 Jan 2005)

Ms Jacqui Smith: The staff in my Department allocated centrally to administer Freedom of Information Act issues are set out in the following table. The table excludes centrally allocated legal advisers and secretarial support. Number of staff Pay range 2001 1.5 ½R10, ½R7, ½R3 2002 1.5 ½R10, ½R7, ½R3 2003 3.5 R11, R7, ½R5, R3 2004 3.5 R11, R7,...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Freedom of Information (10 Jan 2005)

Ms Jacqui Smith: ...–04 92,000 90,000 98 The longest time taken to answer a request under the code was seven months. From 1 January 2005, requests for information will be administered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act which sets a general deadline for responding to requests of 20 working days. Through a comprehensive training and awareness programme, staff have been made aware of...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Freedom of Information Act (10 Jan 2005)

Ms Jacqui Smith: The Freedom of Information Act provides a range of exemptions to protect information provided to public authorities. Those exemptions which are not absolute are subject to a "public interest" test. In the case of commercial-in-confidence information, relevant exemptions include the absolute exemption provided at section 41 of the Act, protecting information whose disclosure would constitute...