Thomas Tugendhat: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office is not, and never has been, a public authority within the scope of the Act. The lack of control over the onward disclosure of information related to the functions of the judicial commissioners raises security concerns and has the potential to compromise the IPC’s inspections, which are often, by...
Anne Marie Morris: ...water level—and, much to everyone’s consternation, hosepipe bans were implemented for over a year, from August 2022 to September 2023. The Environment Agency was not impressed; as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request, a leaked email from the Environment Agency said that South West Water “were not honest, open and transparent with regulators about their drought...
Lord Sikka: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to extend the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to include registered political parties.
Lord Offord of Garvel: ...distressed by the events that have happened during this 25-year sorry saga. The noble Lord refers to one of the documents that was used by Post Office Ltd, which was released in 2023 under the Freedom of Information Act. That did have language in it using descriptors that were very much out of date and should have been updated; it was offensive language and the Post Office has now,...
Lord Stewart of Dirleton: ...where the court found there were no grounds to commence a prosecution. The register is a court record and there are no grounds provided under rules of court, the Data Protection Act 2018 or the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for these personal details to be released to the public. Requests for non-personal information from the register are accessible through a Freedom of Information...
Jackie Baillie: ...that would avoid Government decision making being covered by freedom of information requests. I am sure that attention will now turn to whether there was a breach of the Inquiries Act 2005 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and whether there is a need for a formal police investigation. I would also like the permanent secretary to review the civil service code, as I cannot believe that...
Neale Hanvey: ...for the last five years carrying materials from Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston to Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport. Section 24, on national security, and section 26, on defence, of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 were invoked to withhold that information from Scotland and our people—the very people who are frequently placed at risk of exposure to radiation were to be...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire: ...freedom of information is an embarrassment to government and that, when Governments get their feet well under the table, they regret it. I have just been back to the White Paper which introduced the Freedom of Information Act. It says: “Openness is fundamental to the political health of a modern state … Unnecessary secrecy in government leads to arrogance … and defective...
Edward Argar: Data on the number of individuals recorded as temporarily released from prison on 25 December 2022, broken down by main offence category, has been published in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI 230910004) and may be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foi-releases-for- october-2023. Requested data for Christmas 2023 forms a subset of...
Lord Douglas-Miller: ...ensure that they are complying with the regulations. On FoI and environmental information regulations, water companies are only subject to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and not the Freedom of Information Act 2000. For the purposes of the environmental information regulations, water companies are their own legal entity, which means that it is for the organisation itself to...
Lord McNally: ..., a media that adheres to the highest standards of truth and accuracy, and a Civil Service selected and promoted on merit—deliver open government and are underpinned by a robust and wide-ranging Freedom of Information Act. Each of those elements stands alone in a functioning democracy, yet each gives strength to that democracy by helping to strengthen the others. At the apex of that...
Alison Thewliss: ...the total cost of the scheme to nearly £400 million without a single asylum seeker having been sent there. That is a cost of about £130 million per Home Secretary who has been to Rwanda. A Freedom of Information Act request revealed that as of last month, the UK Government have spent £2.1 million defending the scheme in the courts. With new legal challenges to the Bill and the treaty,...
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: ...Act 2016” “in confidence”. The document was not intended for publication and there are no plans to publish it. The portion that has been made public was made public under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA 2000”) and following the decision of the relevant tribunal (case reference EA/2021/0301). The portion released under the FOIA 2000 recommended a review...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough: To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the Crown Prosecution Service on responding to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in an informative and expeditious manner.
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: When The National Archives identifies information in an ‘open’ record which engages, or is likely to engage, an exemption under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the record in question has its access status amended to ‘Access Under Review’, which temporarily prevents the record from being orderable by members of the public. Officials at The National Archives can confirm that the...
Robert Courts: ...reduced to 20 years by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. Departments may retain records, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 placed a duty on Departments to justify whether records transferred to the National Archives should remain closed to the public. However, the general rule is that...
James Cartlidge: ...at: Infrastructure and Projects Authority Annual Report 2022-23 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Where information has been withheld it is in accordance with the applied and absolute exemptions as listed the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and only after a public interest test has been undertaken.
James Cartlidge: ...at: Infrastructure and Projects Authority Annual Report 2022-23 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Where information has been withheld it is in accordance with the applied and absolute exemptions as listed the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and only after a public interest test has been undertaken.
Andrew Murrison: ...Infrastructure and Projects Authority Annual Report 2022-23 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Where information has been withheld it is in accordance with the applied and absolute exemptions as listed in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and only after a public interest test has been undertaken.
James Cartlidge: ...are published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/major-projects-dat a The financial data for the Lightning Programme in the March 2023 IPA report is withheld under Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Commercial Interests).