Watchdog still struggling with FOIA appeals
Posted by
Martin Stabe
on 6 March 2006 at 12:22
Tags: Freedom of Information
The backlog of unresolved Freedom of Information Act appeals at the Information Commissioner’s Office now stands at 1,373 cases, Heather Brooke reports on the Your Right to Know blog.
Figures released in response to a parliamentary question last week show that the Richard Thomas’s office is failing to keep up with the growing mountain of FOIA appeals. In January, the Commissioner received 183 new appeals, but closed only 84 cases. In an interview with the BBC last month, Thomas said the ICO needs more staff to deal with the backlog.
Tags: Freedom of Information
