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ICO consultation on prioritisation of access to information complaints

The Campaign for Freedom of Information has responded to the Information Commissioner’s consultation on its proposals for prioritising access to information complaints.  We welcome the ICO’s proposed objective of prioritising complaints that are of significant public interest and its target of prioritising 10-15% of all complaints, while improving the speed with which non-prioritised cases are

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FOI enforcement and the ICO’s caseload

The Campaign has been pressing the Information Commissioner’s Office to issue enforcement notices requiring public authorities to address backlogs of overdue FOI requests for some time.  In July 2022, the Information Commissioner, John Edwards announced that the ICO would take more systemic FOI enforcement action.   In September 2022, the Information Commissioner’s Office issued the first FOI Enforcement

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