Ministry set to finalise FoI rules
29 August 2012
Discussions are under way to finalise details of exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act enabling the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to inform suppliers before potentially sensitive information about them is made public.
The act, which came into force on 1 January, places a legal duty on public bodies to release information to anyone requesting it.
Requests for information that falls into 23 categories, including defence and the economy, may not be released. But details of the types of information from suppliers that can be withheld have not been finalised, according to a...