#Freedom of Information

#Freedom of Information

Lone children were held at UK-run detention centres in France on nearly 300 occasions last year, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act. Data obtained by the Guardian shows they are part of about 900 instances when unaccompanied minors have been detained at British short-term facilities near Calais and Dunkirk over the last four years. Refugee charities said the numbers were shocking and raised concerns about secrecy surrounding the treatment of children held in UK-run facilities in France.

RTÉ sent 12 people in on-air roles, including presenters, panellists, commentators and co-commentators for video and audio coverage. Some of the on-air personalities who travelled to Czechia included RTÉ Radio 1's Liveline presenter Kieran Cuddihy, 2FM Drive with Demi & Mikey presenters Demi Isaac and Mikey O'Reilly and Inside Sport presenter Marie Crowe.

Public Resource acquires and makes available online a wide variety of public documents such as tax filings, government-produced videos, and federal rules about safety and product designs. Those rules are initially created through private standards organizations and later incorporated into federal law. Such documents are often difficult to access otherwise, meaning the public cannot read, share, or comment on them.

This recognition is a reminder of why public records laws have teeth - and why someone has to be willing to use them.

The government hoped a single trade window (STW) would simplify border processes after Brexit by creating a single digital platform in which importers and exporters could upload all documentation linked to goods before they are transported. However, the STW project was paused in 2024 amid concerns over the cost of implementing the scheme. Government responses to freedom of information requests, submitted by the thinktank TaxWatch and seen by the Financial Times, now suggest no money has been spent on the project since January last year, with the Treasury writing that the programme had been brought to an early closure.

The council's leadership claimed it has found 100m in savings, 39.5m of which come from what it said was two net zero-related projects: 32m by scrapping a programme to make properties more environmentally friendly, and 7.5m by not making the council's fleet of vehicles electric by 2030. After Kemkaran announced these at a council meeting last July, Polly Billington, a Labour MP in Kent, requested details of the apparent savings via a freedom of information request, setting off a months-long battle with the council.

On this page, you can find minutes of all Board meetings for the last five years. We aim to publish the minutes of meetings as soon as we can after they have been formally approved.

In August, CBC News filed a freedom-of-information request to the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), seeking the fate, size and disposal plans for U.S. alcohol products removed in March. The LCBO took 64 days to respond 34 days longer than the 30-day limit allowed by law. When the documents were finally released, they spanned 50 pages, but were heavily redacted.