FOI 11-24: correspondence from the office of Stephen Farry MLA and SERC College Bangor

Information Standards Freedom of Information Response

Our Ref: FoI 11-24

29 February 2024

Freedom of Information Act 2000

I am writing to confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Assembly Commission) has processed your request dated 13 February 2024 in line with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). In this request you asked for the following information:

“a copy of all correspondence from the office of Stephen Farry MLA and SERC College Bangor for the year 2013.”

Our response

In 2013 Mr Farry MLA was the Minister for Employment and Learning.  The Assembly Commission does not hold Ministerial correspondence unless it is addressed to the Assembly or a committee of the Assembly or placed in the Assembly library. 

The Assembly Commission does not hold correspondence between the Minister for Employment and Learning and SERC College in 2013.  

Further information

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Your request for information and our response may be published in the disclosure log maintained by the Assembly Commission under a publication scheme agreed with the ICO. The request and our response will be anonymised. 

Yours sincerely

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