AQW 15758/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 17/10/2012
Answered On Date: 25/10/2012
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment whether her Department complies with the Freedom of Information Act in relation to the amount of redacted information that it releases in response to written requests.

Answer:

My Department makes use of redaction/blanking-out of information only in circumstances where such information is considered to be exempt from disclosure to members of the public under the Freedom of Information Act, the Environmental Information Regulations, or the Data Protection Act. In such circumstances, the applicant is also referred to the relevant section of legislation under which the information is being withheld.