FOIwiki:Current events

Well, more future than current really. Events that are likely to require updates to FOIwiki and WhatDoTheyKnow and other FOI related news.

31 May 2010 Transparency Letter

• http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/statements-and-articles/2010/05/letter-to-government-departments-on-opening-up-data-51204

1st April 2010

• Establishment of the South Downs National Park Authority by SI 2010/497.
• Establishment of six new Community Health Councils by SI 2010/289:
  • Aneurin Bevan Community Health Council
  • Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Community Health Council
  • Betsi Cadwaladr Community Health Council
  • Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Community Health Council
  • Cwm Taf Community Health Council
  • Hywel Dda Community Health Council
• ... and the abolition of:
  • Conway East Community Health Council
  • Conway West Community Health Council
  • Clwyd Community Health Council
  • Gogledd Gwynedd Community Health Council
  • Meirionnydd Community Health Council
  • Ynys Môn Community Health Council
  • Gwent Community Health Council
  • Cardiff Community Health Council
  • Vale of Glamorgan Community Health Council
  • Merthyr and Cynon Valley Community Health Council
  • Pontypridd and Rhondda Community Health Council
  • Swansea Community Health Council
  • Neath Port Talbot Community Health Council
  • Bridgend Community Health Council
  • Carmarthenshire Community Health Council
  • Pembrokeshire Community Health Council
  • Ceredigion Community Health Council
• Establishment of Cambridgeshire Community Services National Health Service Trust by SI 2010/727.
• Abolition of the South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee[1]
• NHS Professionals Special Health Authority expected to be dissolved, with the business passing to NHS Professionals Limited.[2]
• Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust became Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus
• Abolition of East and North Hertfordshire and West Hertfordshire PCTs, and establishment of Hertfordshire PCT (SI 2010/798)
• Abolition of Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust (SI 2010/838)
• Establishment of the Young People's Learning Agency for England and dissolution of the Learning and Skills Council for England (Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 and SI 2010/303)
• Abolition of the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (SI 2010/234 and SI 2010/478)
• Establishment of several probation trusts by SI 2010/195
• Establishment of The Local Government Boundary Commission for England by Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009

1st June 2010

• Authorisation of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

5th July 2010

• Winding up of Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (SI 2010/911)
• Establishment of National Employment Savings Trust Corporation (SI 2010/3 and SI 2010/10)

1st August 2010

• Abolition and removal from Schedule I of the Hearing Aid Council (Health and Social Care Act 2008 and SI 2010/708)

1st October 2010

• Addition to FOIA Schedule I of (SI 2010/937):
  • 35C. An urban development corporation established under section 135 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.
  • The Commission on Human Medicines
  • The Film Industry Training Board for England and Wales
  • The Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee
  • The Independent Advisory Committee on Development Impact
  • The Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales
  • The National Consumer Council
  • The National Non-Food Crops Centre
  • The Office of the Renewable Fuels Agency
  • The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority
  • The Railway Heritage Committee
  • The Regulator of Community Interest Companies
  • The Science Advisory Council
• Removal from FOIA Schedule I of (SI 2010/939):
  • The Adjudicator for the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise
  • The Advisory Committee on Advertising
  • The Advisory Committee on Consumer Products and the Environment
  • The Committee on Chemicals and Materials of Construction For Use in Public Water Supply and Swimming Pools
  • The Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy
  • The Expert Group on Cryptosporidium in Water Supplies
  • The Food Advisory Committee
  • The Know-How Fund Advisory Board
  • The Medicines Commission
  • The National Care Standards Commission
  • The Overseas Service Pensions Scheme Advisory Board
  • The Social Services Inspectorate for Wales Advisory Group
  • The Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Research
  • The Water Regulations Advisory Committee
  • The Wine Standards Board of the Vintners’ Company
  • Enterprise Ulster
  • The Northern Ireland Pig Production Development Committee

October 2011

• Expected designations under section 5[3]:
  • Association of Chief Police Officers
  • Financial Ombudsman Service
  • Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
  • Academy Trusts

31st December 2011

• Addition to FOIA Schedule I of:[4]
  • The Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England.
  • The Building Regulations Advisory Committee for Wales.
• Removal from FOIA Schedule I of:[5]
  • The Building Regulations Advisory Committee