Freedom of Information - Charging
Publication Scheme Charges
The individual classes of information indicate when a charge may be levied.
As it is intended that the majority of information contained in the Publication Scheme will be posted on our website, there will be no charge made by us, although you may have to pay any charges made by your Internet Service Provider, personal printing costs, etc. There may be certain publications that will only be available on receipt of payment. Where such charges apply, this is clearly identified against individual documents.
For those without Internet access, a single printout of the information contained on our website is available on request from
FOI Unit
Room 6-19
Clarence Court
Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8GB
However, requests for multiple printouts, or for archived copies of documents, which are no longer available on the website, may attract a charge for the cost of retrieval, photocopy, postage, etc. We would let you know this at the time of your request.
Some information being made available under our Scheme has a standard charge, for example, Annual Reports. Where this applies, the cost of providing the information is detailed below the individual documents.
Charges for information not available on the Publication Scheme
You may have to pay a fee for other information requested. This depends on a volume of material requested. Responses to enquires that cost the department less than £600 to process will normally be provided free of charge although there may be a charge for disbursements (see below). The Department has the right to refuse to respond to a request that is estimated to cost more than £600 to process. However, we may process the request if the cost is greater than £600 and if we do, you will be charged the costs in full.
The following pricing will apply for disbursements -
Photocopying:
- A4 10p per sheet
- A3 20p per sheet
- Outsize (up to A0) 80p per sheet
Post and Rackaging:
- Standard Royal Mail 2nd class rates currently in force
Appointments:
- Appointments can be made to view information free of charge, however should you request copies of information at your viewing, the above rates will apply.
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