Solicitor-General written question – answered at on 2 February 2010.
To ask the Solicitor-General what procedures exist within the Treasury Solicitor's Department to ensure that its employees comply with the provisions of (a) data protection and (b) freedom of information legislation.
The Treasury Solicitor's (TSol) departmental intranet contains written guidance for all staff on dealing with Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and Data Protection Act (DPA). This includes TSol guidance on handing FOI requests and Data Protection, an FOI checklist and a Records Management Manual. There is also a section within the TSol Staff Handbook on handling Information and Records Management.
In addition to the training provided on the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act to all employees at the time of implementation, every new employee since January 2005 has received specific induction training on how to handle an FOI or DPA request in accordance with our legislative obligations.
In addition each FOI and DPA response must be personally approved by a TSol director to ensure that the response complies with the provisions of the appropriate Act.
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