| no | date
| Subject | Comment
| qno | col.
|
| 1 | 7.12
| Legal Advice (Ministerial Responsibilities)
| Legal advice attracting professional privilege withheld under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information
| 61987 | 65
|
| 2 | 7.12
| Radioactive Waste
(Germany)
| Arrangements for return of radioactive waste a commercial matter for BNFL and its customers
| 62492 | 69
|
| 2 | 1.2
| (Nuclear Reprocessing)
| Contracts between BNFL and German customers are commercially confidential
| 68427 | 511
|
| 3 | 9.12
| Departmental staff |
Inappropriate to give details of level of security clearance of individual officials
| 62832 | 200
|
| 4 | 14.12
| Millennium Dome
(Sponsors)
| Details of termination of agreement between New Millennium Experience Company and International Management Group commercially confidential
| 63115
63113
63114
| 363 |
| | 17.12
| | Contractual arrangements between New Millennium Experience Company and sponsors commercially confidential: but see 17.12 [64422] for a partial unblock on the general terms in the contracts
| 62002, | 694,
699
|
| 5 | 9.3
| Transatlantic Postal Services
| Contracting of air carriers for post an operational matter
| 72881 | 112
|
| 6 | 20.1
| Ministers
(Business Affairs Investigations)
| Department has no role in investigating business affairs of ministers or other individuals; it only has a role in respect of limited companies. Disclosure in such cases of related papers subject to legal and commercial confidentiality constraints.
| 66450 | 509
|
| 7 | 20.1
| German Parcels(Purchase by the Post Office)
| Treasury Minute of Approval not published in line with normal conventions
| 66021 | 511
|
| | 20.1
| | Details of Post Office purchase of German Parcels withheld as commercially confidential
| 66023 | 511
|
| | 1.2
| | Precise details of the cost to the Post Office of the purchase of German Parcels commercially confidential: but financial implications will be reflected in published Post Office and Government accounts
| 66154 | 499
|
| 8 | 20.1
| Departmental/other investigations:
(London and Bishopsgate Investments)
| Not policy to comment on whether Department is carrying out an investigation
| 66624 | 512
|
| | 25.2
| (Dubelle Foundation) |
Department does not comment on the affairs of a company in relation to possible investigations
| 71621 | 512
|
| | 4.3
| Companies Act Inspectors
(Mirror Group Newspapers)
| Companies Act inspectors independent of department and not policy to comment on whom they interview
| 74762 | 373
|
| | 29.6
| City Flyer Express-BA merger
| Not policy to comment on timing or substance of competition cases in advance of publication of the Competition Commission's Report
| 88887 | 90
|
| 9 | 2.2
| Departmental Legislation
| Convention that legislative proposals for each year are not announced before the Queen's Speech at the start of the relevant Session
| 68411 | 584
|
| 10 | 3.3
| International Market Council,General Affairs Council
| Not practice to indicate in advance position ministers will take in the Council
| 72744,
72742 |
769,
773 |
| 11 | 4.3
| Rogue Directors' Hotline
| Calls made to the Hotline confidential and details of individual cases cannot be given.
| 74763 | 832
|
| 12 | 4.3
| Use of post offices |
Charging arrangements for credit union transactions at post offices are operational and commercial matters for the Post Office: and see 9.3 [73914];26.7 [91749] (contractual arrangements with Benefits Agency confidential)
| 73913 | 832
|
| 13 | 12.3
| Private Meetings
(Genetic Modification)
| Not practice to give details of meetings with private individuals and companies
| 72245,
72065,
72062,
74838
| 401,
403 |
| 14 | 23.3
| Internal Policy Analysis
(Genetically Modified Organisms)
| Not practice to reveal internal policy analysis under Code of Practice on Access to Government Information
| 75099 | 139
|
| 15 | 24.3
| Individual companies |
Not policy to comment on the affairs of individual companies
| 77586 | 268
|
| 16 | 30.3
| Overseas Postings |
Not appropriate to list individual's appointments and terms or conditions as requested
| 78439 | 575
|
| 17 | 19.4
| Protection measures for MOX fuel in transit
| Physical protection measures for MOX fuel in ships in transit confidential for security reasons: and see 9.6 [85821](threat assessments confidential)
| 81079 | 451
|
| 18 | 19.4
| University Challenge |
Inappropriate to publish a list of all bids submitted as they were in confidence
| 80814 | 453
|
| 19 | 11.5
| ECGD meetings(Ilisu Dam)
| Minutes of ECGD meetings commercially confidential
| 82711 | 86
|
| 20 | 30.6
| Rover | Exact conditions of the aid package to Rover commercially confidential
| 88503 | 162
|
| 21 | 8.7
| Patent applications
(Genetic engineering)
| Patent applications confidential until published
| 89932 | 581
|
| 22 | 20.7
| BNFL | Part of Report into Public Private Partnership options withheld as confidential; names of contributing stockbrokers withheld
| 92059;
92056 |
471 |
| 23 | 4.11
| Export Guarantee Advisory Council
| EGAC minutes not published
| 97105 | 287
|
