FOI 42-24: Meeting of education minister with the Loyalist Communities Council

Information Standards Freedom of Information Response

24 October 2024

Our ref: FoI 42-24

Freedom of Information Act 2000

I am writing to confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Assembly Commission) has processed your request dated 26 September 2024 in line with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). In your request, you asked:

"Under the freedom of information act I would like a copy of the minutes or other relevant records around the education ministers meeting (within his role as education minister) with the LCC which took place on the 24th September 2024. As this was conducted within his role, Paul Givan should have supplied the official paper work and records."

Our response

The Assembly Commission holds information in relation to your request.

The Assembly Commission considers that this information is exempt from disclosure under section 21 of the FOIA, since it is already reasonably accessible to you otherwise than under section 1 of the FOIA.

You may access this information in the 2024 Disclosure Log on the Department of Education website.

Further Information

You have the right to request an internal review of this decision by the Assembly Commission. If you wish to request such a review, please write to me at the above address. If, after that review, you are dissatisfied with the way in which the Assembly Commission has handled your request for information, you may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

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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