The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 provides public access to information held by public authorities. The Act covers any recorded information that is held by a public authority in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and by UK-wide public authorities based in Scotland. Public authorities include government departments, local authorities, the NHS, state schools and police forces.
CBC Ltd is a non-profit partnership with members from both the public and private sector. CBC Ltd is keen to be transparent in relation to the work that it does, much of which has a public nature, and is therefore inclined to respond to FOIA Requests even if it is not a public authority within the definition of the Act.
To submit an FOI you can contact CBC via comms@cuhp.org.uk. You will receive a response within 20 working days.
To be valid it must:
- Be in writing. This could be a letter or email or via social media channels
- Include the requester’s real name.
- Include an address for correspondence, this can be a postal address, email or twitter handle.
- Describe the information requested.
A request will only need to be dealt with specifically under the FOI Act if it falls outside the scope of normal business and may take some time to answer because of the volume or nature of information requested.