Digital Board

Summary

A request was made for a register of interests for Digital Isle of Man Board Members, but the Department for Enterprise responded that this information is not held.

Key Facts

• The Department for Enterprise does not hold a register of interests for the Digital Isle of Man Board Members.
• The authority only records interests where a potential conflict of interest may exist.
• A previous similar request (FOI 4239641) regarding the DFE boards also resulted in information not being held.
• Registers of interest for Political members of the Department are available via Tynwald Court Standing Orders.
• The response to this request took twenty minutes to complete.

Data Disclosed

• 4429745
• 2025-02-06
• 2025-02-19
• 4239641
• Annex 7
• 2023-PP-0083
• twenty minutes

Original Request

Please provide a register of interests for the Digital Isle of Man Board Members https://www.digitalisleofman.com/board-members/

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 686400) Website: https://www.iomdfenterprise.im/

Our ref: 4429745 19 February 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request received 6 February 2025, which states:

"Please provide a register of interests for the Digital Isle of Man Board Members

https://www.digitalisleofman.com/board-members/"

Our response:

Whilst our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

We have previously been asked this question, as a part of FOI Digital IOM Manila trip, which can be found via this link, using the FOI number 4239641:

https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/search

The response was:

“Copy of the register of interests for each of the DFE boards.

This information is not held. It should be noted that whilst the Department collects information (and mitigation measures) in relation to Board Members interests, this information is only where a potential conflict of interest may exist, if there is no potential conflict then an interest will not be recorded. Registers of interest for the Political members of the Department can be found at Annex 7 to the Standing Orders of Tynwald Court, which can be found at this URL:

https://www.tynwald.org.im/spfile?file=/business/sto/Documents/2023-PP-0083.pdf”

Please quote the reference number 4429745 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

This response took twenty minutes to complete.