[wdmmg-discuss] Interesting rejection of a FOI request

[Lisa Evans]

I should also add that the WGA is stored in COINS, but none of the WGA was 
included in the COINS publication.

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Lisa Evans wrote:

> The whole of government accounts (WGA) has been running every year, for 10 
> years, and during this time the public have seen exactly zero results from 
> the exercise.
>
> The WGA gives a very detailed picture of the financial health of every 
> government funded body -- so clearly would be really useful to where does my 
> money go.
>
> I was told by the small team at the Communities and Local Government that the 
> WGA 2008/09 is sitting in the Treasury. I was also told that two departments 
> failed the WGA audit (the department of health and the ministry of defense), 
> which led to none of it being published.
>
> So I asked for that report (minus the results for the two departments that 
> failed the audit):
>
> http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/whole_of_government_accounts_200#incoming-99856
>
> The rejection I got was unlike anything else I have received.
>
> They have the information I requested, but the reponse when to on say:
>
> "Ministers and officials need space in which to develop policy, including 
> space for the development of policy through an interative process of testing 
> and refining ideas. This process could be weakened if information was 
> released prematurely or when proposals where not finalised, as this could 
> lead to poorer decision-making".
>
> Any suggestions for how to proceed are most welcome.
>
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