Freedom of information

About Freedom of Information Act

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) gives everyone the right to request any recorded information held by a council. There is no requirement to explain why the information is being requested.

More FOIA and EIR details are on the Information Commissioner's Office website.

Please go to the following pages if you need to:

Find out more about Freedom of Information from the GOV.uk site.

Before making a Freedom of Information request

If you want information we hold about yourself, you need to make a Subject Access Request – more details on our Data Protection page