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On 12 April, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its latest list of public authorities being monitored over the time they take to respond to freedom of information requests. Following the lifting of the communications restrictions imposed by purdah, the ICO can now confirm that the Welsh Assembly Government is also included on this list. [...]
Several public authorities, including the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, have failed to meet the requirement to reduce the time they take to respond to FOI requests, the Information Commissioner’s Office announced today. The ICO monitored the performance of 33 public authorities for a period of three months, following concerns about delays in [...]
The Information Commissioner’s Office monitored the following authorities’ timeliness in responding to requests for information between 1 October and the 31 December 2010. The ICO targets monitoring activity towards those authorities which repeatedly or seriously fail to respond to freedom of information requests within the appropriate timescales. Monitoring may be a precursor to further action [...]
Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said: “I welcome the publication of the Protection of Freedoms Bill and support its aims of strengthening privacy, delivering greater transparency and achieving improved accountability, as well as greater independence for the ICO. The Bill engages with issues that have been longstanding concerns for us: ensuring the right organisations are subject [...]
The Information Commissioner’s Office has ordered the Department of Health to disclose informating relating to the costs of purchasing the flu vaccine that was in use in February 2010. Today’s announcement follows an information request received by the Department of Health from a journalist asking for the costs of the development, distribution, promotion and purchasing [...]
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