Monday, January 05, 2009

Freedom of Information Act - ever wanted to ask Highland Council a question?

'The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 came fully into force on 1 January 2005 and introduced a general right of access to information held by public authorities, including The Highland Council.
Subject to certain conditions and exemptions, any person who makes a request in writing (or some other permanent form) to a public authority will be entitled to receive it.
The Act is being promoted and enforced by a fully independent Scottish Information Commissioner. '
Here's an online form where you can request information from the Highland Council.

2 comments:

Rhys Wynne said...

I've not done so yet, but I quite fancy asking a few organisations some awkward questions.

If you're going to contact the Highland Council, or anyone else, I'd recommend using this brilliant website:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/

The advantage is you don't have to go searching through all the different websites, but better still others get to see what you've asked (and what the answer was) + you can see what others asked (provided they used this website of course. It also states what requests each organisation has outstanding.

Graisg said...

Hi Rhys, thanks for that

Bliadhna mhath ùr dhut!
All the best for 2009