Secret Squirrel
I’m always foraging around for secret information that ought to be in the public domain. I will post responses here from my access requests so you can see how well (or badly) the government is honouring its commitment to openness and transparency. You can find more detail about these, and other, requests in the Request Diary.
This is a public resource that should help to reveal those bodies that think they’re above answering the public. The more requests and responses I can collect here, the better, so please let me know if you’ve made any requests and the responses you received.
Olympic Delivery Authority
Total Spend with Consultancy Companies 2006-07 NEW!
ODA Contracts awarded in 12-months up to October 2007 NEW!
Register of Gifts & Hospitality
Transport for London
Congestion Charge Cameras (number, locations, hours of operation)
Oyster Card database (police access, specifications of design, lots more!)
Bendy Bus accident database
Police
Surveillance Drones NEW!
Metropolitan Police: Islamic Protests
FOI contacts for all UK Police forces
Police PR
Information Commissioner’s Office
Caseload Database (14 March 2006) - uncorrected, raw data from ICO
Caseload Database (4 August 2005) corrected and proofed
Text of first 10 Decision Notices (1 June 2005)
Crown Prosecution Service
Prosecution rates by crime, outcome and area (27 September 2005)
Number of rape cases vs number prosecuted (23 March 2005)
Number of cases in which CCTV footage is used (October 18, 2004 - Open Govt Code)
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Statute Law Database (18 September 2005)
Tower Hamlets
Cost of security for 2005 election
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Restaurant Inspections (18 February 2005)
British Library
WiFi (wireless internet) Contract (2 January 2005)
Kensington & Chelsea
Restaurant Inspections
- Harrods Food Hall
Parking Enforcement Contract
Waste Collection Contract
Home Office Coroner’s Unit
Jurisdictions & Contact Details - May 2005
London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority
Fire Safety Inspection Reports (sent 18 February 2005)
BBC
Minutes of Governors’ Meeting Post-Hutton (sent 18 February 2005)
House of Commons
Number of attacks made against MPs’ staff (29 July 2005)
Names & Salaries of MPs’ Staff (sent 2 January 2005)
Attorney General’s Chambers
Advice on Iraq War (2 January 2005)
Advice on National Identification Card (2 January 2005)
Listing of Subjects on which Advice Sought (2 January 2005)
February 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK)tender contract award information
Please will you help uncover to whom this organisation (aka ‘Skills for Business’ and ‘Catalyst’,a division of the DIUS)awards contracts?
As part of a consortium, I have been involved in submitting tender bids for three LLUK marketing projects. The bids were unsuccessful and I accept that. However, having heard rumours that the tendering process was ‘a stitch up’ I want to find out the name(s) of the successful bidder(s)and I can’t.
Initially, I asked for this information as part of the obligatory feedback and the request was ignored. Subsequent requests have hit a bureaucratic stonewall; although I admit to using stealth in making them.
Not wanting to queer my pitch for other possible contracts I used a proxy - my sister who works for the Council of Europe. Such was the reaction from LLUK that she now feels her position may be compromised.
If LLUK has nothing to hide I can’t understand its lack of openess and transparency.
March 29th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Awesome work, thank you.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
hmmm, this post is from 2005 how did you make out with your information requests?