Consultation on Extension of Coverage of Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002: Difference between revisions
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We welcome the proposal to designate Glasgow Housing Association as a public authority. | We welcome the proposal to designate Glasgow Housing Association as a public authority. | ||
In Weaver v. London and Quadrant Housing Trust [2008] the Court found that social rented housing sector is ''"permeated by state control and influence with a view to meeting the Government's aims for affordable housing, and in which RSLs work side by side with, and can in a very real sense be said to take the place of, local authorities"''. | |||
==F: The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (‘ACPOS’)== | ==F: The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (‘ACPOS’)== |
Revision as of 22:53, 7 August 2010
- Consultation document pack: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/20123725/0
- Online response form: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/foi/extension_of_foisa.asp
A: Contractors who run privately managed prisons and provide prisoner escort services
invitation to comment on A
- More information on A: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/20123725/3
"We invite comments on any of the points made in this section, and also on the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment at Annex B which discusses the possible impact on extending coverage to the bodies concerned.
In particular we invite you to consider the following:
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draft response to A
B: Contractors who build and/or maintain schools
- More information on B: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/20123725/4
invitation to comment on B
"We invite comments on any of the points made in this section, and also on the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment at Annex B which discusses the possible impact on extending coverage to the bodies concerned.
In particular we invite you to consider the following:
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draft response to B
C: Contractors who build and maintain hospitals
- More information on C: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/20123725/5
invitation to comment on C
We invite comments on any of the points made in this section, and also on the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment at Annex B which discusses the possible impact on extending coverage to the bodies concerned.
In particular we invite you to consider the following:
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draft response to C
D: Leisure, sport and cultural trusts and bodies established by local authorities
- More information on D: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/20123725/6
invitation to comment on D
"We invite comments on any of the points made abovein this section, and also on the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment at Annex B which discusses the possible impact on extending coverage to the bodies concerned.
In particular we invite you to consider the following:
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draft response to D
We support the proposal to bring leisure, sport and cultural organisations established by local authorities within the scope of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. We do not however see any reason to exclude bodies/trust which were not established by local authorities but which now receive the majority of their funds from local authorities.
E: Glasgow Housing Association
- More information on E: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/20123725/7
- Glasgow Housing Association already operates within the spirit of the Act
invitation to comment on E
"We invite comments on any of the points made in this section, and also on the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment at Annex B which discusses the possible impact on extending coverage to the bodies concerned.
In particular we invite you to consider the following:
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draft response to E
We welcome the proposal to designate Glasgow Housing Association as a public authority.
In Weaver v. London and Quadrant Housing Trust [2008] the Court found that social rented housing sector is "permeated by state control and influence with a view to meeting the Government's aims for affordable housing, and in which RSLs work side by side with, and can in a very real sense be said to take the place of, local authorities".
F: The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (‘ACPOS’)
- More information on F: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/20123725/8
- ACPOS already operates within the spirit of the Act
- ACPOS was added to Whatdotheyknow.com on 1 August 2010
invitation to comment on F
"We invite comments on any of the points made in this section, and also on the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment at Annex B which discusses the possible impact on extending coverage to the bodies concerned.
In particular we invite you to consider the following:
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draft response to F
We welcome the proposal to designate the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland as a public authority.
G: Contractors who build, manage and maintain trunk roads under private finance contracts
- More information on G: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/07/20123725/9
invitation to comment on G
"We invite comments on any of the points made in this section, and also on the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment at Annex B which discusses the possible impact on extending coverage to the bodies concerned.
In particular we invite you to consider the following:
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draft response to G
We welcome the proposal to bring road construction and maintenance contractors within the scope of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
The consultation paper states that:
"Whilst operations such as construction and facilities management are usually sub-contracted, the sub-contractors will be holding information on behalf of the main contractor and so the right to request information will extend beyond the information held immediately by the principal contractor."
We are concerned that...