Petition fixed time limits for internal reviews of FOI requests

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Introduce legislation to create a fixed time limit of 20 workings days for public bodies to complete internal reviews under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The present system with no statutory limit is open to abuse and long delays reduce public confidence in the work of public bodies and civil servants. Information is most valuable when it is current and up to date.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

37 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 37 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 12 August 2012
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