§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2002,Official Report, column 702W, on Railtrack, which criteria he used when determining that disclosure would harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion. [R] [36939]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithAs I said in my previous answer, a railway administration order was made in respect of Railtrack plc under the provisions of the Railways Act 1993. No extra legislation was necessary to put the company into administration.
There is no obligation to disclose confidential communications between Departments, in accordance with Exemption 2 (Internal discussion and advice) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
I have nothing to add to that answer.