Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 18/11/22 – #FOIFriday
One in 10 people in the UK has used FOI to try and get information they thought would be useful to themselves, their community or wider society, according to a…
One in 10 people in the UK has used FOI to try and get information they thought would be useful to themselves, their community or wider society, according to a…
There are some public bodies you can send an FOI to but you might not realise you can. Possibly because you wouldn’t think they were public bodies. In recent years,…
While this (mostly) weekly series is aimed at giving you inspiration for Freedom of Information requests you could send to, hopefully, generate some interesting stories, this is a reminder that…
The phrase that launched a thousand FOIs - "XXX has not said how much it spent on YYY". You know if your local police force, council, hospital trust, or even…
This is your weekly encouragement to send the FOI. Sending a Freedom of Information request can help uncover more details - final reports are often summaries of lots of information…
A quick (and late) round up of some possible ideas this week. Long waits for support Almost two in every three plans issued by BCP Council to assist children and…
A reminder that it is worth complaining if Freedom of Information requests aren't dealt with as you'd expect. There seems to be a tendency, especially with late replies, just to…