Five public organisations including two local councils are criticised over their response to requests.
Five public bodies have been named and shamed for failures to meet expected standards in responding to Freedom of Information Act requests.
In July, the ICO issued a practice recommendation to Tower Hamlets Council for "consistently failing to meet the expected level of performance in terms of responding to FOI Act requests within the statutory time frame".The ICO sent a further practice recommendation to Liverpool City Council for a "consistently poor level of performance" in responding to FOIs.
In August, it sent a practice recommendation to the MHRA, an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care. "However, volumes and the complexity of information requests has increased from 2021/2022 onwards and it has become increasingly apparent its systems and procedures are no longer fit for purpose or sufficient to meet increased volumes and increasing levels of complexity.
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