Results 1-8 of 8 for "freedom of information" speaker:Gareth Thomas
- Written Answers — International Development: Departments: Complaints (14 Mar 2007)
Gareth Thomas: ...through its website. The information for each is as follows: 1. The public enquiry point deals with a wide range of enquiries. No data are held on what proportion of these are complaints. 2. Freedom of Information issues: since the Freedom of Information Act came into force in 2005, we received 26 requests for internal reviews in 2005-06 and 12 in 2006-07 to date. 3. Overseas pensions...
- Written Answers — International Development: Departments: Complaints (23 Feb 2007)
Gareth Thomas: There are a number of complaints procedures across DFID to handle different kinds of complaints. These include complaints from the public about procurement, overseas pensions, freedom of information and recruitment. Our public inquiry point complaints procedure covers complaints from the public that do not fall into any of the aforementioned categories. Internal staff complaints are handled...
- Written Answers — International Development: Freedom of Information Act (9 Feb 2006)
Gareth Thomas: In 2005, DFID received no payments for requests which fell above the appropriate limit and received no payments for disbursements. The Freedom of Information Act allows for public authorities to determine when the cost of processing a request will exceed the appropriate limit, which for central Government is set at £600 and for the wider public sector £450. In this instance the...
- Written Answers — International Development: Democracy Projects (19 Jan 2006)
Gareth Thomas: ...democracy by addressing issues of community participation, voice and accountability across the technical cooperation programmes. The ongoing projects include: a £3,800,000 Public Administration and Civil Service Reform Project to ensure greater transparency of the civil service, to promote freedom of information and to encourage civilian participation in the public administration...
- Written Answers — International Development: Freedom of Information (12 Dec 2005)
Gareth Thomas: Between 1 January and 30 June 2005, DFID received 151 freedom of information requests. Of these, 48 took more than 20 working days to complete. Requesters sought internal reviews on the timeliness of handling for three requests. The Department for Constitutional Affairs is committed to publishing quarterly updates in relation to departmental performance under FOI, including information on...
- Written Answers — International Development: IT Projects (3 Nov 2005)
Gareth Thomas: ...Gateway process, two assessed as medium risk and one as low risk. Gateway review reports have been produced for two of these projects and are confidential to the Senior Responsible Owners. Under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000, each request for the release of information contained in a Gateway review is considered on a case-by-case basis. To date, DFID has received no FOI...
- Written Answers — International Development: Non-departmental Public Bodies (28 Oct 2005)
Gareth Thomas: ...is now in the process of being defunded. On completion of this, the Advisory Board will be dissolved. The Advisory Board (a) publishes its advice in the minutes of meetings, under the terms of its freedom of information publication scheme, (b) publishes an annual report and accounts which (c) are laid in Parliament, as required by the Pensions Act, 1995.
- Written Answers — International Development: Non-departmental Public Bodies (28 Oct 2005)
Gareth Thomas: ...interests, or publish a register of members' interests. It does, however, publish agendas for meetings and publish minutes of meetings under the terms of the overseas service pensions scheme's freedom of information publication scheme.