To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) of 12 June 2006, Official Report, column 961W, on the Parliamentary Ombudsman, to which three recommendations made by the Parliamentary Ombudsman the Cabinet Office declined to give full effect. (97379)

The three recommendations relate to Code of Practice on Access to Government Information cases reference A7/03, A16/03 and A34/05.

Information on cases A7/03 and A16/03 is set out in the ombudsman’s report “Access to Official Information: Investigations Completed: November 2002-June 2003 (HC 951, July 2003)”, and can also be accessed through the ombudsman’s website at http://www.ombudsman.org.uk/improving_services/selected_cases/AOI/aoi0306/index.html.

Information on case A34/05, together with further information on case A16/03, is set out in the ombudsman’s report “Access to Official Information: Investigations Completed July 2004-March 2005, Volume 2 (HC 63-11, May 2005)”, and can also be accessed through the ombudsman’s website at http://www.ombudsman.org.uk/improving_services/selected_cases/AOI/aoi0503-2/index.html.

Copies of both these reports are available in the Library for the reference of Members.