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From the Hutton Enquiry to Driving Test Routes. The UK Freedom of Information Act (2000): Implications for Information Provision in the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Steve Wood
Steve Wood
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([email protected]) lectures in Information Management at Liverpool John Moores University at the School of Business Information. Steve maintains a weblog on the UK Freedom of Information Act and related issues (http://foiablogspot.com)
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The months of August and September 2003 have seen an unprecedented release of information about the internal workings of the UK government during the Hutton enquiry; thousands of documents have been placed on the enquiry website, including key emails and memos. These documents have not been released under the UK Freedom of Information Act (2000), because they are part of a judicial enquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly. However this has served as an important reminder to the UK public of the importance of information in holding public authorities to account.

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Research Article
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 3 , Issue 3-4 , Winter 2003 , pp. 179 - 184
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Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2003

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