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| | An early draft of an Appendix to this letter: [[Letter_to_say_more_organisations_should_be_covered_by_the_Act]] |
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| An Appendix to this letter: [[Letter_to_say_more_organisations_should_be_covered_by_the_Act]]
| | latest version: [http://www.addtofoi.co.uk addtofoi.co.uk] |
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| get ideas from here: [[Organisations_and_officials_with_public_responsibilities_that_are_not_subject_to_the_Freedom_of_Information_Act]]
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| ==Communications, Media and Entertainment== | | ==Communications, Media and Entertainment== |
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| *Advertising Standards Authority=== | | *Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) |
| *British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) | | *British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) |
| *Casino Advisory Panel | | *Casino Advisory Panel |
| | | *PhonepayPlus Limited (regulator of phonepaid services) |
| | | *Press Complaints Commission |
| ===PhonepayPlus Limited===
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| previously called ICSTIS[http://www.icstis.org.uk/]
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| "Under the Communications Act 2003, Ofcom has responsibility for the regulation of premium rate services. In December 2007 it was confirmed that PhonepayPlus will act as the agency which carries out the day-to-day regulation of the PRS market on Ofcom's behalf."[http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/about/default.asp]
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| ===Press Complaints Commission===
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| "The Press Complaints Commission is an independent body which deals with complaints from members of the public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines."
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| *[http://www.mediawise.org.uk/files/uploaded/Julian%20Petley%20PCC%20&%20FOI.pdf The PCC and the Freedom of Information Act, Julian Petley, February 2005]
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| *[http://www.pcc.org.uk/ official website]
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| ==Democracy== | | ==Democracy== |
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| ===Electoral Registration Officers===
| | *Electoral Registration Officers for public elections |
| "The Freedom of Information Act 2000 does not list any person appointed under the Representation of the People Act 1983. The Electoral Registration Officer, Returning Officer or any other person appointed under the Act are not subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act."[http://www.scambs.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/Elections/foi-registration.htm]
| | *Returning Officers for public elections |
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| ===Returning Officers===
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| See Electoral Registration Officers.
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| ==Education== | | ==Education== |
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| ===Academies===
| | *Academies (state-funded schools) |
| "Academies are all-ability, state-funded schools established and managed by sponsors from a wide range of backgrounds" (according to the DCSF)
| | *Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) |
| | | *Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) (the designated operator of the student complaints scheme in England and Wales under the Higher Education Act 2004) |
| ===Exam Boards===
| | *School Food Trust |
| Bodies that set and regulate exams, such as SATs, GCSEs and 'A'-levels.
| | *UCAS |
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| e.g. "The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) is the largest of the three English exam boards, awarding 49% of full course GCSEs and 42% of A-levels nationally. In total, students take over 3.5 million exams with us each year. "[http://www.aqa.org.uk/over/index.php]
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| An Exam Board that is a wholly owned subsidiaries of a university is subject to the Act.
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| ===Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)===
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| ===Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA)===
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| The Higher Education Act 2004 provides for the appointment of a designated operator of a student complaints scheme in England and Wales. The OIA is the designated operator of the Scheme with effect from 1 January 2005.
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| ===School Food Trust===
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| "The School Food Trust was established by the Department for Education and Skills in September 2005. Its remit is to transform school food and food skills, promote the education and health of children and young people and improve the quality of food in schools." [http://www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/index.asp]
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| ===UCAS===
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| ==Energy==
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| ===Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services Limited===
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| "Gas Safe Register is run by Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services Limited"[14]
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| "Gas Safe Register is the official gas registration body for Great Britain (GB)..., appointed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for Great Britain..."[http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/about/what_is_the_gas_safe_register.aspx]
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| ===National Grid plc===
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| "National Grid owns the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales and operates the system across Great Britain. It also owns and operates the high pressure gas transmission system in Britain and its distribution business delivers gas to 11 million homes and businesses." [http://www.nationalgrid.com/corporate/About+us]
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| ==Environment and land management==
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| ===Regional Climate Change Partnerships===
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| The Freedom of Information Act does not apply to [http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/adapt/action/regions/index.htm#organisations regional climate change partnerships] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-01-15a.245895.h], created as a result of the Climate Change Act 2008.
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| ===Dartmoor Commoners' Council===
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| *http://www.dartmoorcommonerscouncil.org.uk/functions.htm
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| ==Health== | | ==Health== |
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| ===Independent Sector Treatment Centres===
| | *Local Medical Committees (Statutory body representing GPs) |
| Private sub-contractors carrying out treatment for NHS patients.
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| http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Primarycare/Treatmentcentres/index.htm
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| ===Local Medical Committees===
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| Statutory body representing GPs
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| ===Royal College of Physicians===
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| The RCP publish Clinical guidelines that 'are "systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances".'
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| http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/college/ceeu/search/
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| ==Heritage== | | ==Heritage== |
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| ===Churches Conservation Trust===
| | *Churches Conservation Trust (sponsored by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport) |
| | | *Railway Heritage Committee (a statutory body operating under the authority of the Railway Heritage Act 1996) |
| Included in Whole of Government Accounts. "its sponsor, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, expect it to perform as one in relation to the [Freedom of Information] Act, and it is the Trust’s intention to do so."[http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/uploads/publications/83.pdf]
| | *Housing Associations (also called Registered Social Landlords) (those wholly owned by one local authority are already subject to the Act). |
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| ===Railway Heritage Committee===
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| "The Railway Heritage Committee is a statutory body operating under the authority of the Railway Heritage Act 1996 as amended by the Railways Act 2005. It has the function of 'designating' records and artefacts still within the ownership of the post-British Rail (BR) industry which are historically significant and should be permanently preserved." [http://www.railwayheritage.org.uk/]
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| ==Housing==
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| ===Housing Associations===
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| Housing Associations (also called Registered Social Landlords) are not subject to FOI (in theory one could be if it was wholly owned by a local authority). | |
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| ==Finance== | | ==Finance== |
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| ===Financial Services Compensation Scheme Limited===
| | *Financial Services Compensation Scheme Limited (FSCS) (the UK's statutory fund of last resort for customers of authorised financial services firms, set up under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) |
| | | *Financial Reporting Council (the UK’s independent regulator responsible for promoting confidence in corporate governance and reporting) |
| Appears not to be subject to the Act.[http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/8797/response/22750/attach/3/Not%20PA%20-%20FOI+EIR%20cases%20post%20July%2006.xls]
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| "The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is the UK's statutory fund of last resort for customers of authorised financial services firms. This means that FSCS can pay compensation if a firm is unable, or likely to be unable, to pay claims against it. FSCS is an independent body, set up under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA)."
| | ==Publicly Owned Companies== |
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| ===Financial Ombudsman Service===
| | *companies owned two thirds or more by any number of public authorities (under section 6 of the Act a company has to be wholly owned by the Crown or one public authority this narrow approach excludes for example companies owned 95% by a public authority or and companies jointly owned by two public authorities). |
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| Appears not be subject to the Act[http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/8797/response/22750/attach/3/Not%20PA%20-%20FOI+EIR%20cases%20post%20July%2006.xls]
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| The service is funded by levies and case fees which businesses we cover have to pay by law. Consumers do not pay to bring a complaint to the ombudsman. And we receive no government funding. They have statutory powers under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and Consumer and Credit Act 2006.
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| http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/faq/answers/research_a5.html
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| ===Financial Reporting Council===
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| "The Financial Reporting Council is the UK’s independent regulator responsible for promoting confidence in corporate governance and reporting. We promote high standards of corporate governance through the Combined Code,..." [http://www.frc.org.uk/about/]
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| ===Publicly Owned Banks===
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| *Bradford & Bingley plc
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| *Northern Rock plc
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| ==Policing and public safety== | | ==Policing and public safety== |
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| ===Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)===
| | *Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) |
| | | *Local Safeguarding Children Boards |
| ===Local Safeguarding Children Boards===
| | *Regional Fire Control Companies |
| | | *Speed Camera Partnerships |
| "Children can only be safeguarded properly if the key agencies work effectively together. Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) are designed to help ensure that this happens. They put the former area child protection committees (ACPCs) on a statutory footing." [http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/lscb]
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| === Regional Fire Control Companies===
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| "The FiReControl project will provide an integrated and modern network of nine Regional Control Centres (RCCs). They will be able to receive calls and mobilise resources across the country."
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| ===Speed Camera Partnerships===
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| *http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/10678/response/26263/attach/html/3/Summary%20of%20actual%20complaints%20cases%20closed%20as.doc.doc.html
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| ==Law and justice==
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| ===Inquiries (non-judicial)===
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| "...in relation to the records of inquiries held under this Act, the general exemptions for the records of statutory inquiries in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 ("the FOI Acts") will not apply. During the course of an inquiry held under the Inquiries Act, that inquiry is not a public authority for the purposes of those Acts. However, once an inquiry is over, its records are generally held by a public authority, such as a Government Department or the National Archives"
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| [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts2005/en/ukpgaen_20050012_en_1]
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| ===Legal Complaints Service (LCS)===
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| "The Legal Complaints Service (LCS) is an independent complaints handling body. We are part of the Law Society, but operate independently."[http://www.legalcomplaints.org.uk/DPA-FOI.page]
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| ===Magistrates' Association===
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| "Promotes uniformity of practice"
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| because about 80% of Magistrates are members the guidance the organisation gives has a significant impact on the administration of justice.
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| [http://www.magistrates-association-temp.org.uk/what.php about page for Magistrates' Association]
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| ==Local Government== | | ==Local Government== |
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| ===Improvement and Development Agency for local government (IDeA)===
| | *Improvement and Development Agency for local government (IDeA) |
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| "The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) is not subject to the provisions of either the Environmental Information Regulations or the Freedom of Information Act (FoI), but they comply with requests made under the legislation as if they were."
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| http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2008-06-02f.207526.h
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| ==Parliamentary corporations and pension schemes== | | ==Parliamentary corporations and pension schemes== |
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| === All Party Groups===
| | *Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (a corporation sole) |
| | | *Corporate Officer of the House of Lords (a corporation sole) |
| "All-Party Groups (APGs)[http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/members/apg.cfm] are informal cross-party groups that have no official status within Parliament. They are essentially run by and for Members of the Commons and Lords and do not receive funding or administrative support from the House of Commons ... All-Party groups are not
| | *Trustees of Parliamentary Contributory Pensions Fund |
| subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act."[http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/scientology_all_party_parliament]
| | *Trustees of House of Commons Pension Scheme |
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| ===Corporate Officer of the House of Commons===
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| The corporate officer is a corporation sole.
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| ===Corporate Officer of the House of Lords===
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| The corporate officer is a corporation sole.
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| ===Trustees of Parliamentary Contributory Pensions Fund===
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| [http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/10678/response/26263/attach/3/Summary%20of%20actual%20complaints%20cases%20closed%20as.doc.doc]
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| ===Trustees of House of Commons Pension Scheme===
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| *[http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/10678/response/26263/attach/3/Summary%20of%20actual%20complaints%20cases%20closed%20as.doc.doc]
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| ==Transport and navigation== | | ==Transport and navigation== |
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| ===Air Travel Trust===
| | *Air Travel Trust (the Trust manages the Trust Fund for the benefit of customers of failed tour operators) |
| Included in "Whole of Government Accounts". The purpose of the Air Travel Trust is to manage and apply the Trust Fund for the benefit of customers of failed tour operators. [http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=1163&pagetype=90]
| | *Manchester Airport Group (MAG is publicly owned by the ten local authorities of Greater Manchester) |
| | | *Navigation authorities for inland waterways (some are already subject to the Act) |
| | | *Port Authorities |
| ===Independent Penalty Fares Appeals Service (IPFAS), The===
| | *Trinity House (The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond is the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar and it is also a Deep Sea Pilotage Authority) |
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| "4.39 Every penalty fares scheme which has so far been approved has arranged for appeals to be dealt with by the Independent Penalty Fares Appeals Service (IPFAS), in line with the IPFAS code of practice. We have approved this code of practice for the purposes of rule 9."
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| ===Manchester Airport Group===
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| "MAG is publicly owned by the ten local authorities of Greater Manchester and is privately managed on their behalf, gives us a unique insight into the value our business brings to the regions of the UK.
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| The Council of the City of Manchester - 55%
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| The Borough Council of Bolton - 5%
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| The Borough Council of Bury - 5%
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| The Oldham Borough Council - 5%
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| The Rochdale Borough Council - 5%
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| The Council of the City of Salford - 5%
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| The Metropolitan Borough Council of Stockport - 5%
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| The Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council - 5%
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| The Trafford Borough Council - 5%
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| The Wigan Borough Council - 5%"
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| [http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/Content/AboutUsAndOurGroup]
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| ===National Air Traffic Services===
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| "NATS provides air traffic control services at 15 of the UK's biggest airports, and "en-route" air traffic services for aircraft flying through UK airspace"[http://www.nats.co.uk/text/3/about_us.html]
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| ===Navigation Authorities===
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| A quarter of the UKs inland waterways are controlled by 30 navigation authorities drawn from the public, private and voluntary sectors. [http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/freight/waterfreight/inlandwaterwaysfreightpolicy3249?page=3]
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| *The Conservators of the River Cam are an example http://www.camconservators.co.uk/
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| (The Environment Agency, the Broads Authority and British Waterways Board are subject to the act) | |
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| ===Network Rail===
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| "NRIL operates under a licence granted by the Department under s. 8 of the 1993 Act. It permits NRIL to run the railway network subject to a range of conditions relating to consumer interests, safety, standards of service, financial accountability and corporate governance."[http://www.informationtribunal.gov.uk/Documents/decisions/networkrailltdvInfoComm_netRailinfrastructureltd17jul07.pdf]
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| ===Port Authorities===
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| ===Speed Camera Partnerships ===
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| ===Trinity House===
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| The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond is the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. Also a Deep Sea Pilotage Authority providing expert navigators for ships trading in Northern European waters. | |
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| ==Royalty, Crown Land and Ceremonial Offices== | | ==Royalty, Crown Land and Ceremonial Offices== |
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| "Under the 1337 charter, and as confirmed by subsequent legislation, The Prince of Wales is not entitled to the proceeds or profit on the sale of assets, and only receives the annual income which they generate, which is voluntarily subject to income tax. Because of the importance of the beneficiary, the Duchy’s ‘trust provisions’ have, over the years, been set out in legislation, with the financial security of the Duchy overseen by HM Treasury." [http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/finances/income/]
| | *Royal Collection |
| | | *Royal Household |
| ===Duchy of Lancaster===
| | *Royal Trustees |
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| "The Duchy's main purpose is to provide income for the Sovereign as Duke of Lancaster, although the Sovereign is not entitled to any of the capital assets of the Duchy. Established over 700 years ago, the Duchy of Lancaster is a body created under Charter."
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| ===High Sheriffs===
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| The role of High Sheriff is largely ceremonial however some important responsibilities remain:
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| "High Sheriffs are responsible in the Counties of England and Wales for duties conferred by the Crown through Warrant from the Privy Council including: ... The well being and protection of Her Majesty's High Court Judges when on Circuit in the County and attending them in Court during the legal terms. The annual appointment of an Under Sheriff. Acting as the Returning Officer for Parliamentary Elections in County constituencies."
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| ===The Royal Household===
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| The Royal Household aims to provide exceptional support and advice to The Queen, enabling her to serve the nation and its people. The Royal Household employs over 1,200 staff.
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| *[http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp Official Website of Royal Family] | |
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| ==Sport== | | ==Sport== |
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| ===London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited (LOCOG)===
| | *London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited (LOCOG) |
| London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited (“LOCOG”) is a private company and is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.[http://www.london2012.com/freedom-of-information.php]
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| "BSI British Standards is recognised as the UK National Standards Body (NSB) by the UK Government. The UK NSB role is performed by BSI British Standards on behalf of the UK Government and principally involves the representation of the UK in European and International standards fora."
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| * [[List of organisations not subject to FOI by function]] | | *[[List of organisations not subject to FOI by function]] |
| | *[[Organisations_and_officials_with_public_responsibilities_that_are_not_subject_to_the_Freedom_of_Information_Act]] |
