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<p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer the Member for Bassetlaw to the publicly available guidance
on <br>answering Parliamentary Questions available at: <br>www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-g<br>uidance.</p><p><br>The
guidance makes clear that Ministers should be as open as possible <br>with Parliament
and the public and only withhold information where its <br>disclosure would not be
in the public interest. Such public interest would be <br>determined with the relevant
legislation in mind (Freedom of Information, Data <br>Protection, and the Official
Secrets Acts etc).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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