HM Treasury Group Information Charter

Purpose

This joint information charter sets out the standards that you can expect from the HM Treasury Group (HM Treasury including the Office for Budget Responsibility, Office of Tax Simplification, the Asset Protection Agency, the UK Debt Management Office and the Royal Mint Advisory Committee) in regard to our holding of all information (including personal information about individuals); how you can access your own information; and what you can do if you think these standards are not being met.

About information:

In general, government information is managed subject to the provisions of the Official Secrets Act, with separate legislation regulating the holding and use of personal information.

The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) provides a statutory framework in relation to management of personal information. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) govern what other information we may release as a result of a request for information. More information about the Freedom of Information Act can be found on our website.

HM Treasury is a policy department interfacing with other government departments, and the financial and commercial sectors. Within the Treasury Group there are small units with operational roles that do hold personal data about members of the public, the majority of the personal information is obtained via correspondence received from the public. HM Treasury also holds some personal data on a small number of individuals in line with our responsibility for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions. All personal data is processed in line with the Data Protection Act 1998. When handling information, including your personal data, we promise to:

protect it and make sure no unauthorised person has access to it;
only share it with other government departments to give you better public services;
make sure we don't keep it longer than is necessary;
correct any mistake you tell us about;
not make any information available for commercial use; and
consider your request to stop processing data about you.

In return we ask you to give us accurate information.

More information

You can get more details on:

how to find out what information we hold on you;
circumstances where we can pass on personal information without telling you, for example, to help with the prevention or detection of crime; and
how to make a complaint.

For more information, please contact:

public.enquiries@hm-treasury.gov.uk by email or phone 0207 270 5000 or fax 020 7270 4861 or write to:

Correspondence & Enquiry Unit
Information Rights Unit
2/SW
HM Treasury
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ

Freedom of information index

For independent advice about data protection, privacy and data-sharing issues, you can contact:

The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Alternatively you can phone 08456 306060 or 01625 545745 or fax 01625 524510.

Information Commissioner's Office (this link will open in a new browser window)

HM Treasury Group Information Charter

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