
Disclosure log
The Freedom of Information Act (FOI) was passed on the 30th November 2000 and came into force on the 1st January 2005. It aims to promote a culture of openness and accountability in the public sector, by providing people with a general right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities. The Act replaces the Open Government Code of Practice which has been in operation since 1994.
The Act requires all public authorities to produce publication schemes, setting out what information they will make available as a matter of course, and when and how they will make it available.
The Act applies to all public authorities, including government departments, local authorities, NHS bodies, schools, colleges and universities, and the police, House of Commons and House of Lords.
What it means for our Trust:
An FOI request is a request for information under the FOI Act. Your request for information must be in writing, include a name and address for correspondence (email address is also acceptable) and describe the information that you are requesting, giving us enough detail about the information in order to allow us to correctly identify and find it.
Where possible, responses to requests for information will be supplied in the format requested by the applicant. However, responses may be supplied by providing a copy of the original document, a summary of the original or by allowing the Applicant to visit Trust premises to read the document(s).
Your request must be dealt with within twenty working days of receipt (or after the payment of any relevant fee). Copies of our FOI responses are uploaded onto our website.
There are three main ways of making a request for information: