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**<strike>{{WDTK|The Commission for Rural Communities|crc}}</strike> ''(added by {{ukpga|2006|16}}; removed by {{uksi|2012|2654}})''
**<strike>{{WDTK|The Commission for Rural Communities|crc}}</strike> ''(added by {{ukpga|2006|16}}; removed by {{uksi|2012|2654}})''
**<strike>{{WDTK|The Railway Heritage Committee|railway_heritage_committee}}</strike> ''(added by {{uksi|2010|937}}; removed by {{uksi|2013|64}})''
**<strike>{{WDTK|The Railway Heritage Committee|railway_heritage_committee}}</strike> ''(added by {{uksi|2010|937}}; removed by {{uksi|2013|64}})''
* Changes to policing in Scotland.  Creation of Police Scotland and The Scottish Police Authority; abolition of current Scottish Police forces. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/contents/enacted http://www.strathclyde.police.uk/join_us/police-scotland/police_service_of_scotland_faqs/
* Changes to policing in Scotland.  Creation of Police Scotland and The Scottish Police Authority; '''abolition of current Scottish Police forces'''. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/contents/enacted http://www.strathclyde.police.uk/join_us/police-scotland/police_service_of_scotland_faqs/
Also Scottish Police Services Authority is expected to become part of the Scottish Police Authority - perhaps at the same time.
Note Police Scotland and The Scottish Police Authority have been added to WDTK early as they appear to exist already as of March 2013 and be ramping up to their operational role commencing.  At the time of writing Police Scotland needs a contact email address.
* A user has alerted us that NHS Property Services is to come into being on 1 April 2013
* A user has alerted us that NHS Property Services is to come into being on 1 April 2013
* {{ukpga|2012|7}}:
* {{ukpga|2012|7}}:

Revision as of 20:13, 1 March 2013

Well, more future and past events than current events really. Events that are likely to require updates to FOIwiki and WhatDoTheyKnow and other FOI related news. We tend to leave around 12 months of events on this page.

Ongoing

Government Spending Review - abolition of quangos

  • A number of non-departmental government bodies / quangos have been named as being up for abolition, merger or absorption into parent departments, as part of the Coalition Government's Spending Review, due this autumn

NHS community services divestment

Main article: NHS community services divestment

Primary care trusts are being required by DH to divest themselves of their in-house community services. In most cases, this is either to existing or newly formed National Health Service trusts or NHS foundation trusts. In "over 60" cases, though, services look like being provided by a "Social Enterprise", which appears to mean a Community Interest Company. The current proposal is to make them subject to the FOI Act.

Health and Social Care Bill

1st February 2012

8th February 2012

1st March 2012

9th March 2012

31st March 2012

1st April 2012

1st May 2012

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

See article: Protection of Freedoms Bill - the Bill has now received Royal Assent

The main points:

  • Requirement for datasets to be made available in a reusable form
  • Requirement to release Crown datasets under a specified licence
  • Extension to FOIA Section 6 to cover companies jointly-owned by several public authorities
  • Slightly fewer restrictions on the actions of the Information Commissioner

8th May 2012

1st June 2012

28th June 2012

1st July 2012

2nd July 2012

19th July 2012

  • Establishment of Natural Resources Body for Wales (not on the main list) by SI 2012/1093({{#formlink:form=Legislation|link text=add|query string=Legislation[Type]=uksi&Legislation[Year]=2012&Legislation[Number]=1093}}).

22nd July 2012

31st July 2012

1st August 2012

August 2012

BBC news piece lists quangos axed/changed status:

Source: Cabinet Office

14th September 2012

1st October 2012

15th October 2012

31st October 2012

1st November 2012

15 November 2012

Police Commissioners elected (they formally take office on 22 November) Police and Crime Panels come into existence

22 November 2012

Police Authorities in England and Wales become defunct

1st December 2012

17th December 2012

1st January 2013

1st February 2013

28th February 2013

1st April 2013

Also Scottish Police Services Authority is expected to become part of the Scottish Police Authority - perhaps at the same time. Note Police Scotland and The Scottish Police Authority have been added to WDTK early as they appear to exist already as of March 2013 and be ramping up to their operational role commencing. At the time of writing Police Scotland needs a contact email address.

Indefinite

These are changes that appear in primary legislation whose commencement date has not yet been appointed. In some cases, they may never happen at all.