Freedom of Information requests can be handy in August. It all goes a bit quiet when everyone’s on holiday. Planning to have some responses back in the summer (hopefully) can…

There’s two ways withheld personal information may be released under the Freedom of Information Act. A decision by the Scottish Information Commissioner manages to cover both of them. NHS Tayside…

What does the new Prime Minister think about Freedom of Information? Jump to this week's FOI stories... Given the Government seemed to be toying with introducing some FOI restrictions, such…

Late (or non-existent) replies are a perennial Freedom of Information problem. Jump to this week’s Freedom of Information stories… There’s two more stories this week about rubbish response times, on…

Some official information can be hard to access through Freedom of Information. Jump to this week’s Freedom of Information stories… And not even because of exemptions. If the information is…

If regulators would like to avoid Freedom of Information complaints, they might like to try issuing more guidance. Jump to this week’s FOI stories… FOI requests about councillors' unpaid council…