26.6.1 The "Code of Practice on Access to Government Information" (published by the Northern Ireland Audit Office) has the underlying premise that the approach to release of information should be based on the assumption that information should be released.
26.6.2 The requirements of Open Government suggest that PFI Contracts should be placed in the public domain as far as possible. Only "commercially sensitive" information, information the dissemination of which is contrary to the public interest or information which is personally private should be withheld. In the PFI context the key concern relates generally to "commercially sensitive" information and (for defence related projects particularly) issues of national security.
26.6.2 Extensive guidance on freedom of information is available from the Department of Constitutional Affairs and OGC501
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501 See in particular, Freedom of Information "Civil Procurement Guidance" on the OGC website at www.ogc.gov.uk.