Error in published minutes
Dear Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment,
I refer to council minutes number 155 only published in last few days. Please advise why the list of those present as recorded is inaccurate given that at point 4 of those minutes the person who second those minutes is not recorded as in attendance
Please make and ask council to note this error at their next meeting, resubmit and publish those minutes with correct list present and are their others who attended not shown as present in either this or previous minutes.
Please advise by return as this is important formal record. I also note the omission and continued delay in minutes of previous meetings extending over last 11-12 months and in particular minutes 149-154 inclusive.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Manning
Dear Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment,
I note that various minutes have still not been published in particular Council minutes numbers 149,151,152,153 despite minutes of meetings 154 and 155 now published.
I also note ARAC minutes are also missing as these should also be up to date and all previous meetings published
Yours faithfully,
Mr Manning
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Dear Mr Manning,
We are responding to your email dated 19 December 2022 which we processed
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Any minutes of meetings of CCEA Council or the Audit and Risk Assurance
Committee which have not been published on the CCEA website at the date of
your request are exempt from release at this stage under Section 22 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Information Intended for Future
Publication). We have already provided explanations regarding the timing
of the publication of this information and the issues and challenges
around this in responses to previous FOI Requests dated 21 January 2022
and 29 July 2022 and Internal Review responses dated 11 February 2022 and
22 August 2022. A Public Interest Test has been carried out which supports
the application of this exemption and a summary of the factors considered
in the Public Interest Test are as follows.
Factors Favouring Applying the Exemption
• The CCEA Publication Scheme commits to publishing minutes of
Council and ARAC meetings. The Publication Scheme does not specify
timescales for publication nor does the application of a Section 22
exemption require timescales to be specified.
• There is a requirement for minutes to be fully ratified
before they are published which necessitates a time delay. The Publication
Scheme rightly does not contain timescales for publication for this
reason.
• The finite resources involved in publishing minutes faces
competing demands from other aspects of Council Secretariat business.
• The resourcing of the Council Secretariat function faces
competing demands from other CCEA functions, many of whom are tasked with
delivering statutory duties.
Factors Favouring Disclosure
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funding and as such there is a public interest in ensuring financial
accountability.
• There is a public interest in the accountability and
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Best wishes
Data Protection Officer
Dear Mr Manning,
We are responding to your email dated 22 December 2022 which we processed
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Any minutes of meetings of CCEA Council or the Audit and Risk Assurance
Committee which have not been published on the CCEA website at the date of
your request are exempt from release at this stage under Section 22 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Information Intended for Future
Publication). We have already provided explanations regarding the timing
of the publication of this information and the issues and challenges
around this in responses to previous FOI Requests dated 21 January 2022
and 29 July 2022 and Internal Review responses dated 11 February 2022 and
22 August 2022. A Public Interest Test has been carried out which supports
the application of this exemption and a summary of the factors considered
in the Public Interest Test are as follows.
Factors Favouring Applying the Exemption
• The CCEA Publication Scheme commits to publishing minutes of
Council and ARAC meetings. The Publication Scheme does not specify
timescales for publication nor does the application of a Section 22
exemption require timescales to be specified.
• There is a requirement for minutes to be fully ratified
before they are published which necessitates a time delay. The Publication
Scheme rightly does not contain timescales for publication for this
reason.
• The finite resources involved in publishing minutes faces
competing demands from other aspects of Council Secretariat business.
• The resourcing of the Council Secretariat function faces
competing demands from other CCEA functions, many of whom are tasked with
delivering statutory duties.
Factors Favouring Disclosure
• CCEA is a designated Public Authority in receipt of public
funding and as such there is a public interest in ensuring financial
accountability.
• There is a public interest in the accountability and
transparency of the decision making processes within CCEA.
• Disclosure may improve the public understanding of CCEA and
the current issues being dealt with and therefore allow more effective
challenge.
• Disclosure may increase trust and confidence in CCEA and
provide a basis to share and improve best practice.
Requesting an internal review
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to request an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within 40 working days of receiving this response and should be
addressed, by email or by post to:
Complaints Co-ordinator
CCEA
29 Clarendon Road
Belfast
BT1 3BG
or
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Feedback
CCEA is committed to ensuring a high quality of service to its customers.
As such, CCEA wishes to gather customer views on its Request for
Information service and to use that information as a means of improving
this service. We would be grateful if you would complete the following
short questionnaire. All responses will be treated confidentially. We
will not share the information you provide with any 3rd party.
https://research.ccea.org.uk/index.php/3...
The CCEA Privacy Notice explains when and why we collect personal
information, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it
to others and how we keep it secure. The Privacy Notice can be found at:
https://ccea.org.uk/legal/privacy-policy
Best wishes
Data Protection Officer
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