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Getting in touch with the Treasury
1) The scheme is in 2 parts - Part 1 provides context and background. Part 2 sets out the classes of information. You can navigate directly to the classes using the box to the right.
2) The aim of the Treasury is to raise the rate of sustainable growth, and achieve rising prosperity, through creating economic and employment opportunities for all. The key aspects of this work have been:
3) This publication scheme sets out the information that the Treasury provides pro-actively to inform the public about its work. It builds on the commitment to greater openness and transparency that has been at the heart of recent policy reforms including:
4) The publication scheme has been designed to fit closely with the Treasury's award winning website.
5) To find out more about the work of the Treasury see our objectives, Ministerial profiles and the Treasury senior management structure.
6) As well as being the senior Minister for the Treasury the Chancellor has responsibilities in relation to a number of other departments and public bodies.
7) Please select the URL's below to see nformation published by Inland Revenue etc:
8) Information on Treasury bodies and agencies will be published each year in the Departmental Report available from HMSO.
9) The Treasury aims to be an organization with professional management, professional people and professional tools. Excellent two-way communication with business, the voluntary sector, the public sector and the wider public is an essential element of the way the Treasury does business. There are a number of ways in which you can get in touch with the Treasury:
10) If you would like to request a publication included in the publication scheme, please contact the Public Enquiry Unit.
11) The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 received Royal Assent on 30 November 2000. When fully implemented, the Act will supersede the current Code of Practice on Access to Government Information 1997 (the Open Government Code).
12) The Act:
13) The Act has to be fully implemented across the public sector by 30 November 2005 and the Lord Chancellor (whose Department has lead responsibility for the Act) announced on 13 November 2001 how this will be achieved. For the Treasury the relevant parts of the implementation timetable are as follows:
14) The Data Protection Act gives legal rights to individuals (data subjects) in respect of personal data processed about them by others. This publication scheme will not change the way we handle requests from people for access to their personal data. For Data Protection issues the Treasury contact is:
Freedom of Information/Data Protection Unit
HM Treasury, Room LG 20
1 Horse Guards Road
London SW1A 2HQ
Tel: 0207 270 4493
Fax: 0207 451 7635
E-mail Kate Jenkins
15) The Act requires each public authority to adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme. Schemes must specify the classes of information that the authority publishes or intends to publish; the form in which this is or will be done; and whether there is any charge for the information. Information available on our website is provided free of charge.
16) The Treasury's publication scheme is approved by the Information Commissioner.
17) The Managing Director of the Corporate Services Directorate has overall responsibility for the Treasury's publication scheme.
18) We would appreciate your comments on how useful you have found the Publication Scheme, ways in which it could be improved and how easy you have found it to navigate the structure, so please e-mail us and let us know what you think.
19) The publication scheme will be formally reviewed in April 2003.
20) The person responsible for maintaining the scheme on a regular basis is
Kate Jenkins
Freedom of Information/Data Protection Unit
HM Treasury
Room LG 20
1 Horse Guards Road
London SW1A 2HQ
Tel: 0207 270 6408
Fax: 0207 451 7503
For each class of information listed in Part 2 we have indicated whether the class includes chargeable information or not, and where information is normally free. The following categories could apply:
(a) free of charge on website (ie there is no charge by us, although the user would of course have to meet any charges by their Internet service provider, personal printing costs, etc). For those without Internet access, a single print-out as on the website would be available by post from the Public Enquiry Unit, HM Treasury, Floor 2/S2, 1 HorseGuards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ. However, requests for multiple print-outs, or for archived copies of documents which are no longer available on the web, may attract a charge for the cost of retrieval, photocopy, postage, etc. We would let you know this at the time of your request. The charge would be payable in advance;
(b) free of charge hardcopy. List of the available material, and material itself, from Public Enquiry Unit, HM Treasury, Floor 2/S2, 1 HorseGuards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ;
(c) chargeable hard copy eg "glossy" or other bound paper copies, (publication lists available from Public Enquiry Unit, HM Treasury, Floor 2/S2, 1 HorseGuards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ).
(d) chargeable electronic (eg CD Rom or Intranet versions, available from The Stationery Office or HMSO, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ. Tel 01603 621000 Fax 01603 723000).
More details of the Government's policy on where charges are made and on determining the level of charges is available in 'Charges for Information: When and How - Guidance for Government Departments and other Crown Bodies'.
21) The material available through this publication scheme is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. The material on the Treasury website may be downloaded to file or printer without requiring specific prior permission. Any other proposed use of material is subject to the approval of HMSO's Copyright Unit. Application should be made to the Copyright Unit, HMSO, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ. Tel 01603 621000 Fax 01603 723000.
22) The permission to reproduce Crown protected material does not extend to any material accessed through the publication scheme that is the copyright of third parties. You must obtain authorization to reproduce such material from the copyright holders concerned. For further details on the licensing of Crown copyright, see current guidance issued by HMSO.
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Part 2: Classes of Information