Results 1-20 of 21 for "freedom of information" speaker:Stephen Timms

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Ministers of Religion (3 Nov 2009)

Stephen Timms: ...special rules is pressed but you are doubtful whether the claimant can be regarded as a minister, consult PAYE Technical." The published guidance incorrectly states that this has been withheld on freedom of information grounds, rather than for internal use. HMRC will update this guidance to correct this error and place the withheld guidance, minus the hyperlink, into the public domain.

Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (14 Jul 2009)

Stephen Timms: In 2008 HMRC received 1,288 Freedom of Information requests. Of these, 174 were classified as not resolvable in that HMRC either did not hold the information requested, or asked the requestor to clarify the information they were seeking. Of the remaining requests, HMRC fully withheld the information in 312 cases. The most frequent reason for withholding information is in response to requests...

Written Answers — Treasury: Valuation Office: Training (21 May 2009)

Stephen Timms: ...) Exploring Equal Opportunities and Diversity (Equality and Diversity In Practice) Managing Diversity (Equality and Diversity In Practice) 11. Euclidian 12. Fire Awareness in the Workplace 13. Freedom of Information (Freedom of Information including Data Protection and Other Information Law) Data Protection (Freedom of Information including Data Protection and Other Information Law) Other...

Written Answers — Treasury: Valuation Office: Freedom of Information (12 Mar 2009)

Stephen Timms: The Valuation Office Agency's 2008 Freedom of Information Act statistics on their requests, including (i), (ii), (iii), with their Environmental Information Regulations request statistics, will be finalised at the end of the current financial year (2008-09) for publication on the Ministry of Justice website. I will place a copy of these statistics in the Library at the same time.

Tax Credit Overpayments (22 Oct 2008)

Stephen Timms: ...HMRC to seek recovery of an overpayment, they can ask the adjudicator or the ombudsman, who are both independent, to review it. I will look at the point that my hon. Friend has just made about the Freedom of Information Act. That is a new one on me. If he sends me the details of the two cases, I will ensure that they are checked to see whether the good cause discretion should have been...

Written Answers — Treasury: Public Finance: Freedom of Information (27 Feb 2007)

Stephen Timms: None. In 2006, the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs commissioned an independent review of the impact of the Freedom of Information Act across central Government and the wider public sector. The costings exercise and the independent review are available on the DCA website at www.dca.gov.uk

Written Answers — Treasury: Knowledge Economy (1 Feb 2007)

Stephen Timms: ...for a licence to re-use information covered by Crown copyright. In 2001, the Treasury issued guidance to Government Departments and other Crown bodies on charging for government information. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provided significant access to information while the Government's Wider Markets Initiative and the implementation of the Re-use of Public Sector Information...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: PFI Projects (7 Dec 2006)

Stephen Timms: I welcome the hon. Gentleman's contribution. Thanks to freedom of information, the Department of Health places on its website detailed information on the profitability of each PFI contract. On the specific point, I did not quite grasp the question that he asked about the NAO information. I will gladly come back to him on that.

Written Answers — Treasury: Financial Reporting Advisory Board (17 May 2006)

Stephen Timms: ...generally accepted accounting practice are appropriate. FRAB submits an annual report to Parliament, outlining its activities for that year. In addition, as part of its publication scheme under the Freedom of Information Act, the FRAB publishes the minutes of its meetings (together with supporting papers) on its website (www.frab.gov.uk) once the minutes have been agreed at a subsequent...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: IT Projects (15 Nov 2005)

Stephen Timms: ...to OGC Gateway Reviews. The Department does not publish Gateway Review Reports as a matter of course, in line with OGC policy. OGC and Departments have received a number of Gateway requests under Freedom of Information and the first of these is currently on appeal to the Information Commissioner.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Pensions Regulator (27 Jun 2005)

Stephen Timms: ...enquirer. This could be, for example, where the correspondence is seeking information which the Regulator considers to be exempt from disclosure under the Pensions Act 2004, the Data Protection or Freedom of Information Acts, the Environmental Information Regulations, or where in exceptional cases and after numerous responses the Regulator considers the nature of the correspondence vexatious.

Written Answers — Treasury: Freedom of Information (24 Mar 2005)

Mr Stephen Timms: ...the fact on 9 February. As the Treasury has made clear, no Treasury Minister or political adviser received any communication relating to, or had any involvement in, any decision concerning the Freedom of Information Act disclosure in question. It has been the long established practice under successive Administrations not to release the names of individual officials when answering...

Written Ministerial Statements — Treasury: Parliamentary Questions (22 Mar 2005)

Mr Stephen Timms: ...Written questions £134 The disproportionate cost threshold (DCT) relating to answers to written parliamentary questions and the recently introduced cost limit for requests to central Government under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) are set at the same level—£600. The FOIA cost limit is due to be reviewed later this year. In order to maintain consistency between the...

Written Answers — Treasury: Freedom of Information (9 Feb 2005)

Mr Stephen Timms: No Treasury Minister has had any involvement in the request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is the subject of the hon. Member's question. This is consistent with the long-standing practice of successive Governments concerning access to documents of a previous Administration. The Permanent Secretary to the Treasury is therefore writing to the hon. Member about this matter. The...

Written Answers — Treasury: Freedom of Information (9 Feb 2005)

Mr Stephen Timms: The answers to all Freedom of Information requests where the material is new or of wider interest are published in the disclosure log on HM Treasury's departmental website. Material that is published on the disclosure log on the website will not normally be placed in the Library.

Written Answers — Treasury: Freedom of Information (21 Dec 2004)

Mr Stephen Timms: The number of staff directly involved in implementing and applying Freedom of Information legislation in HM Treasury has been: 2001: 1 person 2002: 2 people 2003: 1 person 2004: 2 people and is expected to be: 2005: 3 people 2006: 3 people From 1 January 2005, it is potentially part of every civil servant's role to respond to Freedom of Information requests.

Written Answers — Treasury: Freedom of Information Act (20 Dec 2004)

Mr Stephen Timms: The Freedom of Information Act establishes a general statutory right of access to information. Once implemented, on 1 January 2005, a person who writes to a public authority and asks for information will have the right to be told whether or not the authority has the information and, if so, to have that information communicated to him, subject to clearly defined exemptions. Every piece of...

Written Answers — Treasury: Departmental Files (15 Dec 2004)

Mr Stephen Timms: ...place in HM Treasury under the guidance and supervision of TNA staff. The Department will also comply with the Code of Practice on Records Management, issued by the Lord Chancellor under S.46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which underlines the importance of having clear selection policies and disposal schedules in place.

Public Bill Committee: Communications Bill: Clause 379 - General restrictions on disclosure of information (6 Feb 2003)

Mr Stephen Timms: I can give the hon. Gentleman that reassurance. We are living in an era of concern about freedom of information. Indeed, we have legislated on that subject and we would not wish to allow information to be withheld that ought to be available. I agree with the hon. Gentleman that information about businesses that is significant and sometimes sensitive should be responsibly handled. The purpose...

Public Bill Committee: Communications Bill: Clause 379 - General restrictions on disclosure of information (6 Feb 2003)

Mr Stephen Timms: The normal arrangements under the Freedom of Information Act will apply. There are concerns, but when the Government hold information to which citizens should have access, provision should be made for it to be available. The clause provides precisely the reassurance that the hon. Member for Maldon and East Chelmsford seeks. The hon. Member for Lichfield asks whether the clause is sufficient...