To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance the Cabinet Office’s Propriety and Ethics Team has given to departments on the presumptions to be applied for and against disclosure when responding to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. [HL5435]

The presumptions to be applied for and against disclosure when responding to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 are available on the Ministry of Justice’s website: www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/foi-exemptions-public-interest.htm, and in the Library of the House.