The Act requires all public authorities, including Acomb Parish Council, to be open with information. You will have the right to ask the council for any recorded information that it holds. When we receive a Freedom of Information request, unless we are exempt from providing the information, the council is required to:

Confirm or deny that it holds the information.
If it holds the information, to supply you with it.

From January 2005 any person or body resident in or outside the UK has the right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities subject only to the limitations imposed by the Act and other legislation.

Under the Act all public authorities must have a Publication Scheme describing all the general information it holds, that is currently made available to the public, where the information is available from, in what form and, whether or not it is free of charge.

If you wish to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act, please address your enquiry to the Clerk to Acomb Parish Council.

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