Ms Carol Boate:

We are subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Essentially, we apply it the same as every other State agency in that we cannot reveal commercially sensitive business secrets but we can reveal a bit about the way we work. It is very important that my office is held accountable and is transparent about what I and we are doing. The Freedom of Information Act is one of the tools that does that. We had a decision and one of our freedom of information decisions was appealed to the Information Commissioner, who decided that we had applied the Act exactly correctly. We have that decision and it is very useful for us to have that confirmation that we are applying the Act carefully. That is where it becomes different because it is commercially sensitive information and not just confidential information.