the Government’s response to my petition

"Thank you for your e-petition about the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

It is true that the effect of section 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is that only companies that are wholly owned by a single public authority are subject to the Act.

However, there is a provision in the Act for other bodies that appear to exercise public functions to be made subject to the Act, by means of an order under section 5. The Government has recently conducted a public consultation on whether to use the power under section 5 to extend the coverage of the Act to bodies that carry out functions of a public nature. We intend to publish our findings by this summer."

• http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page18953
• http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/publiccompanies
  

Academies petition is up

please think up your own catchy slogan as to why you should sign a petition to ensure people are allowed to find our information about academies that are state-funded. Then if you are convinced by your own slogan please sign the petition.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/academy-foi/