The Freedom of Information Act                     

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act applies to public authorities including local government and gives a general right of access to recorded information held, subject to certain conditions and exemptions. It places a duty on every public authority to adopt and maintain a publication scheme which sets out the classes of information the authority publishes or intends to publish, how that information may be obtained and any charge that is made for it. The Peterborough City Council publication scheme has been approved by the Information Commissioner.  It is also available for inspection, as a paper document, in the Central Library, Town Hall, Bayard Place, the Information Centre and the Citizens' Advice Bureau.

 

The individual right of access to information became law from January 2005 and the Act is fully retrospective, which means that information that predates the implementation date is covered.

 

Documents released under this act can be viewed in our freedom of information disclosure log

 

The information supplied in response to Freedom of Information requests is the copyright of Peterborough City Council and is protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. It may be used for the purposes permitted by that Act, including non-commercial research and news reporting.  Any other re-use, for example commercial publication, requires the permission of the copyright holder. If you wish to re-use any information contained in the disclosure log, or which has been supplied in response to a request you have made, you must first gain the Council's explicit written consent. In order to make a request to re-use the information please contact the Information Manager as follows:-

 

Town Hall

Peterborough

PE1 1HG

Telephone: 01733 747474

Email: foi@peterborough.gov.uk

 

If you would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act, please complete the on-line form, the printable PDF form at the bottom of the page or write to the Information Manager at the address above.