§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which of her Department's administrative manuals and internal guidance are now made public; and which remain private. [14034]
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§ Mr. Robin SquireThe Department and its agencies are fully committed to the Government's code of practice on access to Government information, and in particular to the provision of information in response to specific requests.
In responding to such a request, in general, any information in an administrative manual or internal guide would be made available, unless it fell within the categories of exemption identified in the code.
The Department and its agencies, in particular the Employment Service, produce a large number of administrative manuals and documents of internal guidance, covering both external and internal work. They range in size from a single page to multiple volumes, and in lifespan from a few days to many years. It would be disproportionately costly and time consuming to identify all such publications in order to list them and to determine which fall in whole or in part within the exempt categories.