Results 1-19 of 19 for "freedom of information" speaker:Jim Knight

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Freedom of Information (11 Nov 2009)

Jim Knight: Freedom of information within my Department is overseen by a central team consisting of four full-time staff dedicated to freedom of information (FoI). This team is supported by a network of business unit Focal Points who coordinate and allocate those requests for information that fall outside normal business and which are dealt with formally under the FoI Act. The FOI focal points are spread...

Public Bill Committee: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Clause 203 (26 Mar 2009)

Jim Knight: ...; (a) a matter in respect of which the Information Commissioner could exercise any power conferred by— (i) Part 5 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29) (enforcement); (ii) section 48 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) (practice recommendations); or (iii) Part 4 of that Act (enforcement); or (b) the commission of an offence under— (i) any provision of the Data...

Biometric Data (Schools) (23 Jul 2007) has video

Jim Knight: ...addition. Schools and local authorities are responsible for developing their own policies about the information that they wish to collect and hold, subject to relevant legislation on data protection and freedom of information. There have been calls for the Government to introduce further regulation specifically to clarify how biometric data can be collected and used. As I have stated, that...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Fingerprinting (10 Jan 2007)

Jim Knight: ...authorities are responsible for deciding their own policies relating to information about children which they wish to hold and use, subject to the relevant law on data protection, confidentiality, freedom of information and human rights. It is for each school to decide whether or not to collect pupils' biometric data. A school may wish to obtain and hold such data for different reasons, so...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: City Academies (19 Dec 2006)

Jim Knight: ...that Academies are public authorities in the context of the Human Rights Act 1998 and, as such, the provisions of this Act apply as they do to schools maintained by local authorities. Although the Freedom of Information Act 2000 does not currently apply to Academies, the first of which opened in 2002, Academies are required to provide parents with a wide range of information, including...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Fingerprinting (19 Dec 2006)

Jim Knight: ...for deciding their own policies relating to information about children which they wish to hold and use for administrative purposes, subject to the relevant legislation on Data Protection and Freedom of Information. My Department has published guidance for schools on implementing the legislation. We are currently considering what further guidance might be necessary on the collection and use...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Fingerprinting (27 Nov 2006)

Jim Knight: ...local authorities are responsible for deciding their own policies relating to information about children which they wish to hold and use, subject to the relevant legislation on Data Protection and Freedom of Information. The Department has published guidance for schools and local authorities on implementing the legislation but has not issued specific guidance on the introduction of...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Biometric Technology (8 Nov 2006)

Jim Knight: ...local authorities are responsible for deciding their own policies relating to information about children which they wish to hold and use, subject to the relevant legislation on Data Protection and Freedom of Information. The Department has published guidance for schools and local authorities on implementing the legislation. Additionally Becta (British Educational Communications and...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: City Academies (13 Jul 2006)

Jim Knight: Academies are not currently required to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs may, under section 5 of the FOIA, extend the Act through regulations to other bodies not currently covered. However, I understand that the DCA is currently looking at the lessons learnt from the current implementation of the Act...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Freedom of Information (14 Feb 2006)

Jim Knight: Since the Freedom of Information Act came into force, the Department has not received any payment for the provision of information under the Act, nor for answering requests under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. 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...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Devolved Legislatures (Documents) (9 Jan 2006)

Jim Knight: ...outlined in the Department for Constitutional Affairs' Devolution Guidance Note #12 'Attendance of UK Ministers and Officials at Committees of the devolved legislatures'; and the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. The principles underlying the provision of information to House of Commons Select Committees are set out in 'Departmental Evidence and Response to Select...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: School Milk (7 Dec 2005)

Jim Knight: The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is dealing with a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act from the Dairy Products Champion for the south east region, which includes making available the inspection report of the school milk subsidy scheme on the Isle of Wight. The report will be made available in the next few days. A copy of the report will be placed in the Library of the...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Freedom of Information (2 Dec 2005)

Jim Knight: As is shown in the monitoring reportspublished by the Department for Constitutional Affairs (http://www.foi.gov.uk/statsapr-jun05.htm), the Department logged 520 requests for information since the Freedom of Information Act came into force on 1 January 2005 to 30 June 2005. Of these requests, 187 took longer than 20 working days, although the majority (101) were subject to formal...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Freedom of Information (22 Nov 2005)

Jim Knight: Information about the handling of Freedom of Information requests is published in Freedom of Information Statistics on Implementation in Central Government". The most recently published report was 30 September 2005 and copies were placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Additional information about the role of the Clearing House can be found on the DCA website at...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: IT Projects (17 Nov 2005)

Jim Knight: ...would incur a disproportionate cost. Gateway reviews are conducted on a confidential basis for the business owners of projects and are not published as a matter of course. However, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 each request for the release of information in a Gateway Review is considered on a case-by-case basis. No such requests have been received during this period.

Public Bill Committee: Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill: Schedule 11 - Minor and consequential amendments (5 Jul 2005)

Jim Knight: ...offence for levy boards to disclose information to others. That will promote the sharing of data between levy bodies and with other organisations to aid streamlining and modernisation in line with freedom of information principles. Paragraph 11 removes duties on the countryside agencies to advise on the administration of national parks and the development of visitor facilities. That is a...

Public Bill Committee: Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill: Clause 9 - Information services etc. (21 Jun 2005)

Jim Knight: ...straightforward clause that gives Natural England powers to publish and assist in the publication of information, but I can assure the hon. Gentleman that it will of course be subject to both the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and data protection legislation. I am not an expert in either of those legislative areas, but my recollection—it is only that—is that protections are...

Written Answers — Lord Chancellor: Freedom of Information (29 Nov 2001)

Mr Jim Knight: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when he will report to Parliament his proposals for bringing fully into force those provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which are not yet in force.