The Information Commissioner’s Office has taken action against two government departments for failing to comply with the FOI Act’s time limits.
ICO takes action against government departments for delays Read More »
was published on 25 August 2022.
The review found that 95% of central government FOI teams wanted improvements to the system. It called for the Clearing House to be redesigned as a ‘centre of excellence’ and said the Cabinet Office’s top priority should be to address delays in dealing with FOI requests. The government has accepted the recommendations.
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This course is aimed at experienced FOI practitioners and others with a good working knowledge of the legislation. It covers significant FOI decisions issued in the previous 6 months and highlights the latest developments in the way the exemptions, public interest test and the legislation’s procedural requirements are being interpreted.
Information Commissioner & Tribunal Decisions – FOI case law update December 2022 Read More »
The Information Commissioner, John Edwards, launched a new strategy on 14th July 2022 and promised FOI was “a priority”. We’ve previously highlighted how the increasing focus on data protection by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) had elbowed FOI off the page, so this is welcome news. Mr Edwards said: “There are few regulators who can
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The Campaign for Freedom of Information has drafted an amendment to the Procurement Bill to make information held by public sector contractors subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The amendment has been tabled by Lord Berkeley (Labour) supported by Lord Clement-Jones (Lib Dem). It will be debated by peers during the Bill’s committee stage in the
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The National Security Bill has its second reading in the House of Commons on 6th June 2022. This joint briefing, by the Campaign for Freedom of Information and ARTICLE 19, sets out some initial concerns about clause 1 of the Bill. We are concerned at the bill’s implications for journalists and those working for civil
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has disclosed a dataset of its active FOI caseload in response to an FOI request by the Campaign. It shows that on 25th April 2022: There were 2,272 active cases. (This is a slight reduction on the 2,317 cases in data disclosed to Martin Rosenbaum in August 2021). The oldest case
ICO FOI backlog remains high Read More »
The Procurement Bill, which reforms the UK’s public procurement regime following Brexit, has its second reading in the House of Lords on 25th May 2022. The Campaign has written to peers setting out why the Bill should extend the Freedom of Information Act to cover all information held by public sector contractors about their contracts with
Procurement Bill and FOI Read More »
The mission statement of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is “to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.” Yet it if you read its publicity, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was effectively a privacy regulator – the freedom of information (FOI) content is so
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The Campaign is urging peers to support an amendment to the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill to bring ARIA under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) when the Bill has its report stage in the House of Lords on Tuesday 14th December 2021. As the Bill stands ARIA will be excluded from FOIA altogether.
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