To meet the Government's transparency commitments the Treasury intends to publish all responses received to this call for evidence this including the names of companies, organisations and their named representatives submitting their evidence. However, we do not intend to publish the names of respondents who respond in an individual capacity. The contact details that are supplied will not be published and used only for the purpose of the evidence gathering exercise.
If you want some of the information you provide in your response to be treated as confidential and not published please note that on your response and include the information in a separate annex. However, please be aware that, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), there is a statutory Code of Practice with which public authorities must comply and which deals with, among other things, obligations of confidence. In view of this it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided to have the quality of 'in confidence'. If we receive a request for disclosure of the information we will take full account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on HM Treasury.
HM Treasury will process your personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act and in the majority of circumstances this will mean that your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties, other than the publication of the names of representatives of organisations and companies as stated above.