The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published guidance for public authorities on redacting and extracting information in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). The guidance sets out what authorities can take into account when estimating the costs of compliance with an FOIA request, and what costs they can include in a fees notice. It explains the difference between extraction, which is the process by which information included in the request is separated from other information contained in the same document, and redaction, which is the process of editing the requested information to remove exempt material. The guidance indicates that a public authority can take into account, in estimating the costs of compliance with a request, the costs it is likely to incur in extracting information from a document, but not those it is likely to incur in redacting exempt material. Further, a public authority can charge for the costs of informing the person making a request whether it holds the information, and the costs of communicating the information to them, such as postage and photocopying charges. However, it cannot include in a fees notice the costs of staff time in handling the request, considering exemptions or redacting information.