Rich Suvner
Skint years RIP
Want to check on activity at my Council. Does anyone have good advice on dos and donts for effective FOI requests for Members and officer correspondence relating to developments?
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Freedom of Information requests
- Thread starter Rich Suvner
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Just write/email the Council and ask for whatever it is you want. Be specific and clear in your request. The Council will let you have what you are allowed to have.
If it will take the Council more than 18 hours to gather the information they will probably give you some but not all of it!
Which Council btw?
If it will take the Council more than 18 hours to gather the information they will probably give you some but not all of it!
Which Council btw?
Norman Potting
Well-known member
Off the top of my head I think you need to put it in proper writing (letters - remember them?) not email. If it is something that was discussed/decided in a Council meeting the relevant minutes will very likely be on their website if they have one - most do these days even Parish ones.
shaolinpunk
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Staly
Well-known member
Use the advice here: http://www.foiman.com/resources/foiguide1
And make the request through Whatdotheyknow: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/
And make the request through Whatdotheyknow: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/
Hatterlovesbrighton
something clever
Can be by email, or fax. Can't be oral.
The Large One
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stripeyshark
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Norman Potting
Well-known member
I stand corrected regarding email, fax isn't mentioned as option on the UK.Gov website on the matter though.
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Be very specific and exact in what you want to know - they will only answer exactly what you have written.
Rich Suvner
Skint years RIP
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If I specified the councillors, officers and topics of discussion in-scope do you think this would be considered detailed enough?
symyjym
Banned
What specific development are you concerned with?
KingstonSeagull
New member
Whether or not they are jacking it at the office...
