Freedom of Information Act 2000
UCL Publication Scheme 2009
Purpose and Structure of the Scheme
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 promotes greater openness and accountability within the public sector. It imposes a duty on public authorities, like UCL to provide two related rights of access. These are:
· To inform the applicant whether or not the information is held
· If the information is held, to communicate it to the applicant
Anyone can make a request in writing for recorded information held by or on behalf of UCL, and we must comply promptly and in any case within 20 working days. Unless one of 23 exemptions described in the Act applies. Where an exemption is deemed to apply to some or all of the information requested, the applicant will be notified in writing. The relevant exemption will be cited and any information that is not exempt will be provided.
UCL maintains a Publication Scheme, listing the classes of information and the documents that it routinely publishes or intends to publish. The Publication Scheme is on UCL’s website and hard copies of documents can be obtained from Legal Services, within Finance and Business Affairs, or from relevant departments. The Scheme will be reviewed annually.
The Scheme follows the standard format required by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) from January 2009 and used by Higher Education bodies in the United Kingdom
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