Table 5-2 Number of Requests for the Information in FY2006 (Information Disclosure)

Disclosure Request	Decision
Full Disclosure	Partial Disclosure	No Disclosure
National Public Safety Commission	5	2	0	3
National Police Agency	152	94	28	16

Note: Disclosure requests were processed in FY2008 but it also

includes unprocessed requests and the total number of processed requests are different.

## (3) Personal Information Protection

The NPA have been working toward the appropriate handling of personal information in their possession by establishing instructions for the management of personal information, as well as creating an administrative system for personal information.

The number of requests for the information and decision of disclosure based on the Act on the Protection of Personal Information Possessed by Administrative Organs against the National Public Safety Commission and the National Police Agency in FY2008 is shown in Table 5-3.

Table 5-3 Number of Requests for the Information in FY2008 (Personal Information Protection)

Disclosure Requests	Decision
Full Disclosure	Partial Disclosure	No Disclosure
National Public Safety Commission	3	0	0	3
National Police Agency	12	1	0	10

Note: Due to the inclusion of unprocessed requests as they are

withdrawn after the disclosure requests have been accepted,

the number of processed requests are different.

## (4) Policy Evaluations

The NPSC and the NPA has formulated the plan regarding policy evaluations and has implemented policy evaluations $ ^{1} $ based on the “Basic Plan on Policy Evaluation in the National Public Safety Commission and the National Police Agency” $ ^{2} $ .

##### Note 1: Listed on the NPA website (http://www.npa.go.jp/seisaku_hyoka/)

2: In December 2008, the Basic Plan for Policy Evaluation was formulated covering a period from January 1, 2009, through March 31, 2012. Beginning with the latest Basic Plan, the planning period for a plan for policy evaluation was changed from one based on a calendar year to that based on a fiscal year from the viewpoint of ensuring much closer links between policy evaluation and budgeting.

Diagram 5-14 Flow of Policy Evaluation

Table 5-4 Implementation Situation of Policy Evaluation in 2008

Implementation evaluation	July Creating and announcing “Implementation evaluation 2007” regarding 28 business goals
Business evolution	February Creating and announcing Preparation and announcement of “An advance evaluation report concerning regulations to be introduced under a law partially revising the Act on Prevention of Irregularities by Boryokudan” and “An advance evaluation report concerning regulations to be introduced under a law partially revising the Act on Regulating Enticement of Children through Websites for Social Networking of Opposite Sexes” October Preparation and announcement of “An advance evaluation report concerning regulations to be introduced under a law partially revising the Firearms and Swords Control Act”
Comprehensive evaluation	December Creating and announcing “Comprehensive evaluation -Promotion of International Cooperation by the Police”
Other	June, November Holding the NPA Policy Evaluation Workshop which consists of persons with academic background