Requesting information

• Freedom of Information (FOI)

• Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) you can make a freedom of information request to see some of the information we do not publish.

• Freedom of information request form

• Use this form to request information under the freedom of information act.

• Data Protection: Your Rights

• You have a right to know what information or records are kept on you and why, under data protection legislation.

• Data protection policy

• We have a duty to handle personal data properly and confidentially at all times. How we do this is set our in our data protection policy.

• Environmental Information Regulations 2004

• Members of the public have the right to apply to access environmental information we hold under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 .

• Publication scheme

• The publication scheme ensures information is available without the need for a request to promote openness.

• Reuse of Public Sector Information

• Published information can be reused for a purpose other than its original purpose if we allow it to be, in accordance with the reuse regulations.

• Data quality

• Data quality is an assessment of the fitness of data to serve a given purpose.

• Open data

• Open Data is information held by the Government and local councils which is freely available for use and reuse by the public.