According to the FOI results, Cecil Jones Academy, in Eastern Avenue, had given out the most fines in the last year – with 81 parents issued fixed penalty notices.

Source: https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23356482.southend-council-hand-hundreds-fines-parents/?ref=rss

According to the FOI, the council spent £49,800 on the Christmas lights in 2023.

Source: https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/24005011.cumberland-council-spent-around-50k-christmas-lights/?ref=rss

ACT Health said it respects the role of the ACT Ombudsman and accepts the decision made regarding the FOI request.

Source: https://the-riotact.com/unredacted-staff-survey-results-reveal-absolute-horror-story-at-act-health-liberals-say/720282

A freedom of information request (FOI) submitted to the county council by the revealed all the carriageways in Basingstoke and Deane that have had potholes reported between 2020 and 2022.

Source: https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/23692671.6-000-reports-potholes-basingstoke-made-county-council/?ref=rss

An FOI by sister paper News & Star found 39 Cumbria Constabulary incidents were referred to the IOPC in 2021.

Source: https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/23383226.northumbria-police-made-200-referrals-iopc-2022/?ref=rss

A separate FOI request submitted last year revealed that of a total 11,514 students (as of September 2021), 2,018 were accessing free school meals.

Source: https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/number-of-children-on-free-school-meals-holds-steady/

As FOI searches since she and Anthony Albanese came into office have not come up with a single document that mentions Assange, it may be that he was raised in conversation and a decision taken not to record it.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/04/19/penny-wong-foreign-policy-usa/

Despite Home Affairs spending thousands of public dollars fighting FOI requests for documents, Australians learnt the full details of Peter Dutton’s decision to allow two au pairs to stay in the country.

Source: https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/05/29/freedom-of-information-crikey-senate-inquiry-submission/

He said he’d led significant changes to the way in which the Commonwealth’s core FOI regulatory functions were undertaken, led and managed.

Source: https://citynews.com.au/2023/foi-commissioner-quits-citing-lack-of-power-delays/

In 2021 Government data obtained through Labor's Freedom of Information (FOI) request showed the $4.3 Billion M8 toll road designed to reduce surface traffic off local roads has instead increased local traffic as trucks and cars avoid the toll.

Source: https://www.theleader.com.au/story/8073232/call-for-the-nsw-state-governments-toll-review/?src=rss

In response to a freedom of information (FOI) request, the MoD revealed that in November its staff were only just looking at applications made in January 2022, meaning those applicants had faced at least an eight-month delay.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/afghanistan-refugees-arap-taliban-kabul-b2264614.html

Judge Brian Kennedy said the corporation had been “inconsistent, erroneous and unreliable” in the way it dealt with the initial request to release material under Freedom of Information (FOI) law, the BBC reported.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/12/10/judge-orders-bbc-to-release-emails-related-to-martin-bashirs-diana-interview/

The introduction of Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation in 2005 was also said to have had “a negative effect on how advice was provided”.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23496048.constitutionally-divided-scotland-forgotten-disagree/?ref=rss

We as councillors have always been told that all emails on Cornwall Council computers are subject to FOI.

Source: https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/23708519.cornwall-council-mayor-bid-emails-withheld-public-view/?ref=rss