§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he plans to publish his departmental guidance on the implementation of the code of practice on access to Government information, as promised at paragraph 3(ii) of the code issued on 4 April; and what has been the cause of the delay in publishing the departmental guidance.
§ Mr. HagueThere are no plans to supplement the code of practice or the central guidance on interpretation with additional Departmental guidance on implementation.
This Department's existing arrangements for the provision of information already work well and it is our intention that the code of practice will reinforce and build on them. References to the code will therefore be incorporated in any relevant procedural guidance.