p.s. Would the FOI Act apply to Atcham Tower’s comment on accident reports?
I was thinking the same thing, here is what the act says.
The FOI gives you the right to ask any public body for all the information they have on any subject you choose. Also, unless there’s a good reason, the organisation must provide the information within a month. You can also ask for all the personal information they hold on you.
Scotland has its own Freedom of Information Act, which is very similar to the England, Wales and Northern Ireland Act. If the public authority you want to make a request to operates only in Scotland then your request will be handled under the Scottish Act instead.
[I]Public sector bodies covered by the Act
The Freedom of Information Act applies to all ‘public authorities’ including:
• government departments and local assemblies
• local authorities and councils
• heath trusts, hospitals and doctors’ surgeries
• schools, colleges and universities
• publicly funded museums
• the police
• lots of other non-departmental public bodies, committees and advisory bodies[/I]
Here is the link to the act in full
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/RightsAndResponsibilities/DG_4003239
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