New Contact Details for Food Standards Agency
Oct 2, 2008 Book Updates, Freedom of Information
Steven Johnson has finished his post as FOI officer at the Food Standards Agency.
He has been replaced by:
Rosalie Ashtani
0207 7276 8632
rosalie.ashtani@foodstandardsagency.gsi.gov.uk
New Government Departments
Sep 2, 2007 Book Updates, Central Government
A few updates to the book ‘Your Right to Know’ in light of changes introduced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown:
The Department for Children, Schools and Families takes over all pre-19 education responsibility from the Dept for Education and Skills. It is responsible for all aspects of policy affecting children and young people.
FOI webpage
The Department for [...]
New Cabinet Office Details
Feb 7, 2007 Book Updates, Freedom of Information
The Cabinet Office has shut down its previous email address for receiving FOI queries with no forwarding address according to Spyblog. The new email address is: foiteam@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk
The mailing address remains:
FOI Team
Cabinet Office
Room 118
70 Whitehall
London SW1A 2AS
This recent curtailment of a generic email inbox (Identity & Passport Agency has done the same thing) shows the [...]
Launch Party
Jan 24, 2007 Book Updates, Freedom of Information
The launch party for the second edition of Your Right to Know was a glamorous affair at the Art Workers’ Guild in Holborn Monday night. It was fabulous to see so many people supporting freedom of information and the new book. We even had a surprise guest who ventured over from the bowels of the [...]
New Contact Details: DEFRA
Dec 13, 2006 Book Updates, Environment, Freedom of Information
Clive Porro
Access to Information Unit
Departmant for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
3-8 Whitehall Place
London SW1A 2HH
Clive.porro@defra.gsi.gov
Tel: 020 7270 8883
Email: accesstoinfo@defra.gsi.gov.uk
New details for HM Revenue & Customs
Nov 27, 2006 Book Updates, Freedom of Information, Law Enforcement
HM Revenue & Customs
Knowledge and Resources
Team Room 2/66
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
Email: ccp.disclosure@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7147 2412
Fax: 020 7147 2197
FOI Officer: John Sharpe
List of FOI officers for US Government
Apr 21, 2006 Book Updates
Anyone can make an FOIA request to the American federal government; you don’t need to be a citizen or even living in the country. Journalists in the UK still often use the American law to get information about the UK such as clinical trial results on pharmaceutical drugs (from the Federal Drug Administration) or oceanography [...]
British Transport Police FOI contact
Mar 24, 2006 Book Updates
New details for making FOI requests to British Transport Police:
Freedom of Information Manager
25 Camden Road
London, NW1 9LN
Or you can make a request online using the feedback form.
British Transport Police cover the national railways, London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, the Midland Metro Tram System and Croydon Tramlink.
Second edition of YRTK: Call for input
Jan 30, 2006 Book Updates
A second edition of Your Right to Know is in the works, and I am keen to hear from any readers about improvements that can be made to make this next edition even better and more comprehensive. I will most likely be including an additional chapter on decisions made by the Information Commissioner and [...]
Dept for Transport: new contact details
Dec 16, 2005 Book Updates, Transport
The Department for Transport has changed the email for inbound requests; it is now
foi-advice@dft.gsi.gov.uk
or you can use the online request form at
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_foi/documents/page/dft_foi_033691.hcsp
The FOI Officer remains the same but with a new title:
Mike Carty
Information Rights Unit Branch Head
Information & Better Regulation Division
Department for Transport
Zone 9/2 Southside
105 Victoria Street
LONDON SW1E 6DT
0207 944 5825 / GTN 3533 [...]
