FOI challenges in Scotland ‘exceed expectations’

Anonymous Patron writes Digital Media Europe: News Public authorities in Scotland are being challenged on withholding information requested under the Freedom of Information Act much more often than was previously expected, it has emerged.

The Scottish Information Commissioner’s Office said on 5 May that it was on course to receive ‘far more’ requests to review FOI decisions than the 200 to 400 originally anticipated within the first year of the Act coming fully into force.”