On the 1st of January 2005, an interesting piece of legislation came into effect. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows members of the public to access information about public bodies. That is to say, an ordinary person like you or I can request information about police forces, the health service and government agencies.
Details are given on the North Wales police website of some of their FOI Responses. Some of them are intriguing, some not surprising and others downright ludicrous!
I really want to send some requests in - any suggestions?
Timmy "Free as free info" Magic
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Why did the Metropolitan Police employ a lad called Timothy Jones?
That and 'how much time on average do policeman spend doing absolutely nothing?' ;)
The other one would be 'please can I have everything you've got on the war in Iraq?', but ask it somewhere really random like the Citizens' Advice Bureau in Swansea.
Happy New Year Timmy!
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