Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 3/6/22 – #FOIFriday
This bank holiday weekend would be a bad time to submit FOI requests (they're non-working days so don't count in the 20 working day time calculation. However, if you do…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 2/6/2023 – #FOIFriday
Does it matter if the response to your freedom of information request might be confusing? Last week we covered the problem of unhelpful responses being sent out that then turn…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 27/5/22 – #FOIFriday
FOI ideas this week look at high turnover in children's social care, police using force on teens, prison contraband, and the rise of cryptocurrency crime. Struggling social care The council…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 26/5/2023 – #FOIFriday
If you regularly send Freedom of Information requests for stories, you may have experienced something like this. You make your request, start writing your story, but when you go to…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 19/5/2023 – #FOIFriday
You can make Freedom of Information requests about pretty much anything. That's the whole point. It allows anyone to ask about anything from any public body (doesn't mean they hold…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 12/5/2023 – #FOIFriday
Public bodies that don't answer Freedom of Information requests on time are under scrutiny. The ICO, this week, issued an official 'enforcement notice' to Shropshire Council for failing to answer…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 5/5/2023 – #FOIFriday
It's getting harder to get information out of the Government. Last year, fewer than two in five Freedom of Information requests were answered in full. Central Government departments and related…