§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which of his Department's administrative manuals and internal guidance are now made public; and which remain private. [14033]
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§ Sir Paul BeresfordIn line with the code of practice on access to Government information, my Department publishes an index of the explanatory material on how it deals with the public. Each of the manuals and the guidance notes listed in the index is available to the public or is available for public inspection.
The Health and Safety Executive has a programme to make administrative manuals and internal guidance publicly available, except a small proportion coming within the exemptions in the code of practice on access to Government information.
Beyond that, each request for access to manuals and guidance is treated on its merits. The case for allowing access to manuals and so on which are not made public is reviewed regularly.