The Freedom of Information - FOI gives people a right of access to information held by public bodies. The range of public bodies covered by FOI is very wide, ranging from central government departments to individual schools and parish councils.
A full list of the bodies affected - FOI authorities - can be found in Schedule 1 of the Act. A separate Act covers public authorities in Scotland - the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.External website - link opens in a new windowThe list includes The National Archives and the rights of access apply both to our own administrative records and to the archives (the records transferred to us from other government departments).
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