Talk:Freedom of information in the United Kingdom

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Either this page should be actually about general freedom of information in the Uk or it should be amalgamated with the article Freedom of Information Act 2000 this one is clearer on some things but is incomplete therefore this would make more sense Freedom of Information Act 2000

There is an important difference; FoIA 2000 covers ~95% of affected bodies, but for the other 5% FoI(S)A 2002 is equally significant - FoIA 2000 is irrelevant for these. If there is a general overview article, here would be better than under the individual 2000 Act article. Shimgray | talk | 14:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

This is confusing, and I'm not sure it's very accurate. For example, I'm not sure there's any evidence it was any delay in introducing FOISA that led the Blair government to delay implementation of the UK Act - as far as I remember, it was widely held that the government and civil service were simply unprepared. In fact, it implies that FOISA was introduced to plug a gap in the UK Act - but of course in theory it would have been open to the Scottish Parliament not to introduce an FOI act at all - it's a devolved issue. My proposals would be: the articles on the two separate Acts should stay; this should refer only to FOI at the UK level (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and a separate article should cover FOI in Scotland. Also, these should be separately listed in the overall Freedom of Information Legislation article. If I get time, I'll try to do this - unless anyone disagrees - but only if I get time... --BenPlouviez 10:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I think the page should stay as a general guide to Freedom of Information in the UK. I have added a reference to the Environmental Information Regulations.

John Cross (talk) 10:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WhatDoTheyKnow.com

This (new) website allows users to request information under EIR and under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (using an online form). I was going to add a link to this page but as I has spent some of my spare time as a volunteer I thought I had better ask first bearing in mind Wikipedia:COI.

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John Cross (talk) 11:36, 7 June 2008 (UTC)