The confidentiality element, I think, is absolutely essential to the process. I took an oath, as did my colleagues on the board, of confidentiality, and I must say here how concerned I was when that confidentiality and respect for the applicants, which to me is absolutely essential, was breached by unknown, apparently anonymous people who had access to some of the information and who decided to share it with the media.
The questionnaires you will see are very intense, and they contain personal information that someone will include on the assumption that it is confidential. The transparency issue, I think, handles the concern between the public's interest in knowing information and the actual need, if you will, for confidential information to be kept confidential.
