§ Sir Archy KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library(a) copies of his Department's correspondence since November 2001 with the Chief Executive of the Rent Service and (b) copies of the Chief Executive of the Rent Service's correspondence with the Rent Service's area manager for London. [143723]
§ Mr. PondCorrespondence between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Rent Service is exempt from disclosure under the code of Practice on Access to Government Information. Correspondence is largely of a confidential nature, under Part 2 paragraph 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, and to identify that correspondence which is not confidential would incur disproportionate cost.
Correspondence between the Chief Executive of the Rent Service's and the Rent Service's area manager for London is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister as the Rent Service is an executive agency of his Department.