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Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Class	Guidance to staff on Data Protection Act 1998
Definition	Work practices issued to staff on how to deal with subject access requests.
Format	Hard copy available on request to Secretariat Department at LSC Head Office.
Charge	Free of charge

Class	Notification under DPA98
Definition	Notification of the purposes of processing of personal data undertaken by the LSC.
Format	Web format at www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Charge	Free of charge

Class	Open government
Definition	Internal work practice setting out guidance to staff on dealing with requests for information under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information (Second Edition) 1997.
Format	Hard copy available on request from Secretariat Department at LSC Head Office.
Charge	Free of charge

Class	Public Interest Reports
Definition	Summaries and full reports of the precedents set by the Public Interest Advisory Panel on the funding of cases that have a wider public interest but which fall outside the scope of the Access to Justice Act 1999.
Format	Available on website at www.legalservices.gov.uk and also reported on in Focus, the profession's newsletter circulated to all contracted legal services suppliers.
Charge	Free of charge

Class	Costs Appeals Committee
Definition	Points of Principle of General Importance passed by the Costs Appeals Committee relating to claims submitted by practitioners but disallowed on assessment.
Format	Hard copy published in LSC manual (see class LSC manual") and updates published in Focus available on website at www.legalservices.gov.uk Previous Points of Principle of General Importance that were made under the old legal aid scheme and still current can be obtained from the Policy & Legal Department at the LSC Head Office on 020 7759 0000. They will also be available on the LSC website from Spring 2003.
Charge	Free of charge

Class	Legal Services Commission
Definition	Summary of minutes issued from January 2003 to be published 3 months after the date of the meeting. Some of the material in this class is derived from documents that we consider to contain exempt information. Where this occurs the material will clearly show where information has been withheld and explain what exemption has been applied and why.
Format	To be available on website at www.legalservices.gov.uk from January 2003. Hard copies available on request to The Secretariat Department at LSC Head Office.
Charge	Free of charge

Class	Legal Services Commission annual Open Meeting
Definition	Summary of topics discussed and any issues arising at meeting from July 2002. Details of date and venue of annual meetings are published on LSC website.
Format	Web format at www.legalservices.gov.uk Hard copies available on request to the Secretariat Department at LSC Head Office.
Charge	Free of charge

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Last updated: 28 December 2006