A GUIDE TO THE PUBLICATION SCHEME March 2009

A. Introduction
This guide has been produced as a requirement of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and replaces the Publication Scheme adopted by Stanmore Training Company Limited in 2003. 
The new Model Publication scheme and definition document provided by the ICO for ‘public authorities’ has been adopted by Stanmore Training Company Limited in order to make information available to the public as part of its normal business activities.   
‘Public authorities’ are defined in the Act and include universities, further education colleges and sixth form colleges plus wholly owned companies.
The Model Publication Scheme provides a list of the information routinely published by a public authority which the ICO expects them to make available unless:

• They do not hold the information.
• The information is exempt under one of the FOI exemptions or Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) exceptions, or its release is prohibited under another statute;
• The information is archived, out of date or otherwise inaccessible; or, it would be impractical or resource-intensive to prepare the material for routine release.

The scheme commits the public authority:

• to proactively publish or otherwise make available as a matter of routine, information, including environmental information, which is held by the College and falls within the classifications below.
• to specify the information which is held by the College and falls within the classifications below.
• to proactively publish or otherwise make available as a matter of routine, information in line with the statements contained within this scheme.
• to produce and publish the methods by which the specific information is made routinely available so that it can be easily identified and accessed by members of the public.
• to review and update on a regular basis the information the authority makes available under this scheme.
• to produce a schedule of any fees charged for access to information which is made proactively available.  
• to make this publication scheme available to the public.

Accessing information covered by the publication scheme
The classes of information the public authority publishes are described in Part B of the scheme.

How to obtain information

• Via the College website - www.stanmore.ac.uk

• By email to FOI@stanmore.ac.uk

• In writing to -

Mrs Urmila Rasan
The Freedom of Information Officer
Stanmore College
Elm Park
Stanmore
Middlesex HA7 4BQ

• Or via the internet at www.ico.gov.uk

Charging for information in the scheme

The public authority may make a reasonable charge for information which is not available on its website.  Where a charge is to be made, this will be identified in the scheme below.  When requesting information please include the following details:

• Your name and address
• The information or document you would like to access
• The way you would like the information to be sent to you (eg. hard copy or via email)

How long will it take?
We aim to provide information within 21 working days.

Information available from Stanmore Training Company Limited under the Publication Scheme

B. Classes of Information included in the publication scheme