Were Police Scotland right to refuse FOI request for Sturgeon statement?
Even if your Freedom of Information request is refused you can still get a story out of it. Usually one complaining about the lack of transparency and whether the refusal…
FOI Exemptions – Section 22 – Yes, but are you really planning to publish the information in my FOI?
The companion to Section 21 (and not just because both FOI officers and I frequently write one when we mean the other), is Section 22. If Section 21 is there to direct…
FOI Exemptions – Section 21 – but the information I want isn’t available elsewhere, is it time to appeal?
If the Cabinet Office statistics for central government FOI-handling show cost is the most common reason you’ll find your request being refused, then coming in as the third most commonly used Freedom of…
FOI Exemptions – Section 12 – Should I appeal this cost refusal?
Figures out yesterday (May 1, 2019) show that 55% of Freedom of Information requests refused by central government bodies in 2018 were rejected under Section 12, or cost limits. Given that…