FOI extension to private sector
It's just been revealed that the government will be extending freedom of information to cover some private sector organisations.
Those private bodies affected will be some of those who carry out functions on behalf of public authorities.
This was disclosed this afternoon by the Justice Minister Michael Wills at a conference organised by the Information Commissioner's Office (the same one where Jack Straw spoke earlier).
This follows the government's on this proposal. Mr Wills told the conference that ministers will announce their response to this consultation very soon, and when pressed added "there is going to be an extension of FOI".
He did not indicate who would be covered by such an extension. The most likely candidates include academy schools and the Association of Chief Police Officers, but we will have to wait and see how far - and how quickly - the government wants to go in extending freedom of information to parts of the private sector.
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