Anti-Social Behaviour Orders database
Jun 29, 2005 Law Enforcement
I came across an interesting database published today:
Anit-Social Behaviour Orders Issued Between April 1999 and December 2004
This Excel spreadsheet gives information on the number of anti-social behaviour orders issued by area frome April 1999 to December 2004, as reported to the Home Office.
Greater Manchester seems to be a pretty good place to get [...]
Online Coroners Directory
Jun 29, 2005 Book Updates, Law Enforcement
Hoorah! The Coroners’ Society of England and Wales has moved into the 21st century and now has an online directory of Coroners and Coroners Officers searchable by county or jurisdiction. It includes addresses, telephone numbers and other contact details.
Bearing in mind that when I wrote Your Right to Know this information was virtually [...]
New Category: FOI in Parliament
Jun 28, 2005 FOI in Parliament
I’ve added a new category FOI in Parliament to the ‘I want to know more about…’ section. This category will list instances where the phrase ‘Freedom of Information’ or ‘Information Commissioner’ appears in Hansard (the official record of Parliament) or in the speeches made by MPs in Parliament. So for example you’ll see MPs [...]
FOI in Parliament: 7- 27 June 2005
Jun 28, 2005 FOI in Parliament
Written Answers – Transport: Safety Cameras (27 Jun 2005)
Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton, Con) Hansard source
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which 20 speed camera sites have generated the largest income from fines.
Alistair Darling (Secretary of State, Department for Transport) Hansard source
The Department’s information on fines following offences detected by safety cameras relates [...]
New Guidance from Scottish Commissioner
Jun 28, 2005 Access Laws
Another two new briefings on the exemptions contained in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act have been added to the Scottish Commissioner’s website this month. The new briefings cover section 39 (Health, safety and the environment) and section 33 (Commercial interests and economy). More briefings will be added to the website shortly.
A full list of [...]
Second Scottish Decision
Jun 28, 2005 Access Laws
The Scottish Commissioner has published his second decision under the Scottish Freedom of Information Act.
The complaint involved a request for information about discounts in Council Tax for students made to the City of Edinburgh Council. The Commissioner upheld the complaint, stating that the City of Edinburgh Council had not complied with the law in [...]
Media Roundup 20-27 June
Jun 27, 2005 FOI in the news
27 June 2005
Guardian – Navy blocks release of documents on Belgrano sinking
Ministers have refused to release any Ministry of Defence documents relating to the sinking of the Argentine cruiser, the General Belgrano, the most controversial decision of the Falkands conflict 23 years ago.
Independent – The real power behind No 10
Nowhere are McKinsey’s connections more notable [...]
FOI Archive
Jun 21, 2005 Campaigns
Hundreds of pages of government documents have already been released under the new Freedom of Information Act. But can you get your hands on them? Most of the requests are received by just one person and even if that person is a journalist they rarely post the document online. Some of these documents are [...]
British Library Users Group
Jun 21, 2005 Campaigns
Readers will know that one of my first FOI requests was to the British Library seeking their contract with Building Zones to manage the BL’s wireless internet access. The British Library neglected to list this contract on its disclosure log until I published the full contract on my website. Ten days later, an astute [...]
First UK Decision Notices
Jun 15, 2005 Access Laws
Today I received a partial response from my Freedom of Information request to the Information Commissioner asking for a disposition of cases and all Decision Notices to date. As of today, this website is the only place you can find the full text of these Decision Notices. The IC’s office put a very short [...]
