Disclosures 2009

The table below summarises the requests received by the Department during 2009 which are considered to be of wider public interest. To read the Department's response to each request click on the summary description.

Date of Release	Summary of Information Requested
21 January 2009	A request for the notes taken by the Panel Members in attendance at an Employment Tribunal
25 February 2009	A request for information relating to the Department’s ICT Strategy and Structure
03 March 2009	A request for information relating to the unemployment register in Kilkeel
13 March 2009	A request for information relating to Departmental staff based in Londonderry or travelling to Belfast from Londonderry
23 March 2009	A request for information relating to abuse or violence directed against JobCentre staff in the past three years
16 April 2009	A request for information relating to the Department’s use of market research
18 May 2009	A request for information relating to bonuses paid to Senior Civil Servants in the previous three financial years
27 May 2009	A request for information relating to the cost of media training for the Minister and details of the companies supplying training
16 June 2009	A request for nformation on costs relating to the Ministers attendance at North/South Ministerial Council and Meetings of the British Irish Council
25 June 2009	A request for information relating to spend on by the Department on ICT Technology
01 July 2009	A request for information relating to long term sick absence and the application of written warnings
24 July 2009	A request for information on alternative learning opportunities for those adults not suited to formal education
14 September 2009	A request for information on the amount of money paid to Shorts (Bombardier) by the Department since 1990
14 September 2009	A request for information on the amount spent on consultants in the previous three financial years
24 September 2009	A request for information on the amount spent on Ministerial Travel in the previous two financial years
24 September 2009	A request for the costs associated with the Minister’s attendance at the World Skills event in Canada and costs associated with all other Ministerial trips
25 September 2009	A request for information on the costs associated with managing the Department's website
27 October 2009	A request for information regarding the Department’s expenditure on mobile phones for the previous five years
20 November 2009	A request for information regarding private consultancy expenditure in the 2007/08 and 2008/09 financial years
02 December 2009	A request for information regarding the amount spent on the Higher Education and Further Education Sectors; population estimates and participation rates in 2007/08
05 January 2010	A request for information regarding the salaries and expenses of the President and Vice President of the Office of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (OITFET)