Summary
This page contains details of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This legislation came into effect on 1 January 2005 and embraces all information held by public bodies. The intention is that any information on any subject held by a public body should be made available to the general public.
Right of Access to this information is given in the Act and includes a right to be told if the information exists, as well as the right to receive it, subject to certain limitations (exempt information).
Attachments
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For further Information on the Freedom of Information Act, visit the following links:
www.foi.gov.uk|
ww.ico.gov.uk|
Under the Act, the Council is required to produce a Publications Scheme| which must set out the different classes of information that it publishes and also how access to that infromation may be obtained.
If you wish to know about information held regarding your self, this will be dealt with under the Data Protection Act. For further details about this and how to make such a request, please contact the Data Protection Officer whose contact details are shown at the foot of this page.
Requests for details under the Freedom of Information provision must be made in writing, which includes letter, fax or e mail. There is also a form provided at the Customer Services Desk of the Council Offices.
In addition, there is a link| here to the On Line Form to enable you to make a request direct via this website. You must address this to the Legal And Licensing Section.
When we receive your request, we must respond within 20 working days. You will be informed if we hold the information and if there is a charge for supplying it. This depends on how you wish the Council to provide the information requested.
If you are denied access to information, for example if it falls withih the exempt categories, or if you are unhappy with the information supplied, you may make a complaint to the Council's Monitoring Officer who is also the Data Protection Officer, as referred to above, contact details below:
Mrs Anne Court
Oadby And Wigston Borough Council
Station Road,
Wigston
LE18 2DR
Telephone number: 0116 2572602
Fax: 0116 2887828
E mail: anne.court@oadby-wigston.gov.uk|