Your Right To KnowContents

   
 
 
Contents
 
Preface by the Prime Minister
Foreword by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
 
Your right to know -
     Your views on the White Paper
     Debating this White Paper on the Internet
 
Chapters
 
1. Introduction
2. A right to know - rights of access under FOI
3. The right to know and the public interest
4. The right to personal information
5. Review and appeals
6. Public records
7. Making government more open
8. The way forward
 
Annexes
 
A. Access rights under overseas FOI legislation
B. Response times to FOI access requests
C. Processing an FOI application
D. Exemptions: the Code and overseas FOI
E. Processing an FOI access appeal
 

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