The Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires every public authority to adopt and maintain a publication scheme which relates to the publication of information by the authority and publish information in accordance with its publication scheme.
People who want information from SITPRO should refer initially to SITPRO’s website www.sitpro.org.uk . You will find most of the information described in this publication scheme on our website.
Information Published by SITPRO
Who we are and what we do
- Descriptions of SITPRO’s activities, history and areas of work
- Biographies of the Board of Directors
- Details of current staff members and responsibilities
- SITPRO’s Management Statement and Associated Financial Memorandum
What we spend and how we spend it
- Financial projections from the Annual Business Plans
- Year-end Annual Reports and Accounts
- Details of any current tendering processes
- SITPRO’s Management Statement and Associated Financial Memorandum
What our priorities are and how we are doing
- Annual Business Plans
- Strategic direction papers (e.g. the Five Year Strategy)
- Annual Review publications
- Reports on recent reviews undertaken by SITPRO’s sponsors
How we make decisions
- Details of SITPRO’s management structures, including the roles of its Board, Advisory Council, staff, Advisory Groups and sponsors*
- Reports from Advisory Group meetings
- Consultation papers and research findings
Our policy and procedures
- SITPRO’s mission statement
- SITPRO’s Management Statement and Associated Financial Memorandum
Lists and Registers
- Directory of licensed printers and software suppliers selling UK aligned export documents
The services we offer
- Guides and checklists for international traders
- Press releases
- International trade news articles
- Position papers
- Research reports
- Standards for export documents and electronic trade messages
- Details of SITPRO’s international trade policy activities
Information that is not published or made available on request
There are 22 exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act. Eight are absolute exemptions; the other 16 are known as qualified exemptions, where SITPRO must decide whether the public interest is better served by the disclosure or the withholding of the information.
In circumstances that arise under sections 21 to 44 of the Freedom of Information Act, SITPRO may be entitled to claim exemptions, which will negate the requirement to provide information that falls within the exemptions. SITPRO aims to be open and transparent about its work but there are some exceptions. Information will not be published where, in SITPRO’s view there are issues of commercialism sensitivity, unwarranted invasion of privacy or confidentiality. It should be noted that disclosure of personal information will continue to be governed by the Data Protection Act 1998.
Additionally, information that is in draft form prior to a planned publication and information that has been archived will not be published through this scheme.
More details about the exemptions are available at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk. There are similar exemptions from disclosure under the Environmental Information Regulations, which are known as exceptions.
