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* List of GP Pathfinder Consortia (Wave 1 & Wave 2): http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/context/consortia/
* List of GP Pathfinder Consortia (Wave 1 & Wave 2): http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/context/consortia/


==1st May 2012==
* Abolition and removal from [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
**<strike>A [[courts board]] established under section 4 of the {{ukpga|2003|39|Courts Act 2003}}</strike> ''(added by {{uksi|2005|3593}}; removed by {{uksi|2012|1206}})''
===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==
* Amendments to [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
**<strike>The Child Poverty Commission</strike> ''(added by {{ukpga|2010|9}}; removed by {{ukpga|2012|5}})
**{{WDTKreq_listed|The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission}} ''(added by {{ukpga|2012|5}})''
== 1st June 2012 ==
* Establishment of {{WDTK|National Health Service Trust Development Authority|nhs_tda}} (a [[special health authority]]) by {{uksi|2012|901}}
== 28th June 2012 ==
* Establishment of {{WDTK|Health Education England|health_education_england}} (a [[special health authority]]) by {{uksi|2012|1273}}
==1st July 2012==
* {{ukpga|2012|9}} (with {{uksi|2012|1205}}):
** Extends the shortening of the 30-year rule to Northern Ireland [s104]
* Changes to [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
** <strike>{{WDTK|The Alcohol Education and Research Council|aerc}}</strike> ''(removed by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1319}})''
** <strike>{{WDTK|The Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts|monitor}}</strike> ''(added by {{uksi|2005|3593}}; removed by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1319}})''
** {{WDTK|Monitor|monitor}} ''(added by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1319}})''
** <strike>{{WDTK|The Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator|ohpa}}</strike> ''(added by {{ukpga|2008|14}} and {{uksi|2010|23}}; removed by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1319}})''
* Dissolution of the {{WDTK|Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care National Health Service Trust|scarborough_and_north_east_yorkshire_healthcare_nhs_trust}} (a [[National Health Service trust]]) by {{uksi|2012|1514}}
* {{ukpga|2011|24}} abolishes all of the [[regional development agency|regional development agencies]] apart from the London Development Agency and amends [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
** <strike>Any [[regional development agency]] established under the {{ukpga|1998|45|Regional Development Agencies Act 1998}}, other than the London Development Agency</strike> ''(removed in part by {{ukpga|2011|20}} and {{uksi|2012|628}} and otherwise by {{ukpga|2011|24}} and {{uksi|2012|1662}})''
==2nd July 2012==
* {{uksi|2012|1659}} amends [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
** <strike>{{WDTK|The British Waterways Board|British_Waterways_Board}}</strike> ''(removed by {{uksi|2012|1659}})''
** {{WDTK|Canal & River Trust|canal_river_trust}}, [[in respect of]] information held by it relating to functions exercisable by it by virtue of the {{uksi|2012|1659|British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659)}} ''(added by {{uksi|2012|1659}})''
* ... and amends [[FOISA Schedule 1]]:
** 61B  {{WDTK|The British Waterways Board|british_waterways}} ''(added by {{uksi|2012|1659}})''
* {{uksi|2012|1658}} also amends [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
** *<strike>{{WDTK|The Inland Waterways Advisory Council|iwac}}</strike> ''(added by {{ukpga|2006|16}}; removed by {{uksi|2012|1658}})''
==19th July 2012==
* Establishment of {{WDTK|Natural Resources Wales|natural_resources_wales}} by {{wsi|2012|1093}}.
==22nd July 2012==
* {{uksi|2012|1923}} abolishes and removes from [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
**<strike>{{WDTK|The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances|achs}}</strike> ''(removed by {{uksi|2012|1923}})''
==31st July 2012==
* Establishment of Easton and Otley College (a [[further education corporation]]) by {{uksi|2012|1748}}.  It will replace {{WDTK|Easton College|easton_college}} and {{WDTK|Otley College of Agriculture and Horticulture|otley_college}}.
==1st August 2012==
* Changes to [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
** <strike>{{WDTK|The General Social Care Council|general_social_care_council}}</strike> ''(removed by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1319}})''
** {{WDTK|The Health and Care Professions Council|hcpc}} ''(added by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1319}})''
** <strike>{{WDTK|The Health Professions Council|health_professions_council}}</strike> ''(removed by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1319}})''
* Abolition of the {{WDTK|Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission|child_maintenance_and_enforcement_commission}} by {{uksi|2012|2007}}
==August 2012==
BBC news piece lists quangos axed/changed status:
*{{WDTK|Hearing Aid Council|hearing_aid_council}}
*{{WDTK|Security Commission|security_commission}}
*{{WDTK|Renewables Advisory Board|renewables_advisory_board}}
*{{WDTK|Teenage Pregnancy Advisory Group|tpiag}}
*{{WDTK|Cycling England|cycling_england}}
*{{WDTK|Farm Animal Welfare Council|fawc}}
*Design Council
*The Tote
*School Food Trust
*Standards Board for England
*UK Film Council
*British Waterways
Source: Cabinet Office
==14th September 2012==
* {{nia|2011|7}} inserts into [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VII]]:
** {{WDTK|The Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland|sbni}} (added by {{nia|2011|7}} and {{nisr|2012|338}})
==18th September 2012==
* Abolitions and removals from [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
**<strike>The Crown Court Rule Committee</strike> ''(removed by {{uksi|2012|2398}})''
**<strike>{{WDTK|The Magistrates’ Courts Rules Committee|magistrates_court_rule_committee}}</strike> ''(removed by {{uksi|2012|2398}})''
==1st October 2012==
* {{ukpga|2012|7}}:
** Amends [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part III]]:
*** 37A - The {{WDTK|National Health Service Commissioning Board|nhs_cb}} ''(added by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1831}})''
**** When the NHSCB is created, the {{WDTK|NHS Commissioning Board Authority|nhs_commissioning_board_authority}} will be abolished by {{uksi|2012|1641}}.
*** 37B - A [[clinical commissioning group]] established under section 14D of the {{ukpga|2006|41|National Health Service Act 2006}} ''(added by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1831}})''
** Abolishes the {{WDTK|National Patient Safety Agency|npsa}} (a [[special health authority]])
* Closure of {{WDTK|Elmwood College|elmwood_college}}, {{WDTK|Oatridge College|oatridge_agricultural_college}} and {{WDTK|The Barony College|barony_college}} ({{ssi|2012|237}}), becoming part of {{WDTK|SRUC|sruc}}.
* Closure of Jewel and Esk College and Stevenson College Edinburgh ({{ssi|2012|238}})
* {{asp|2012|8}} amends [[FOISA Schedule 1]]:
** 85ZA {{WDTK|The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service|scottish_fire_and_rescue_service}} ''(added by {{asp|2012|8}} and {{ssi|2012|253}})
==15th October 2012==
* Change of name of a [[National Health Service trust]]:
** {{WDTK|The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals National Health Service Trust|the_royal_wolverhampton_hospitals_nhs_trust}} &rarr; {{WDTK|The Royal Wolverhampton National Health Service Trust|the_royal_wolverhampton_nhs_trust}} ({{uksi|2012|1837}})
* {{ukpga|2012|9}} inserts into [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
** {{WDTK|The Disclosure and Barring Service|dbs}} ''(added by {{ukpga|2012|9}} and {{uksi|2012|2521}})''
==31st October 2012==
* {{ukpga|2012|7}}:
** Amends [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
*** <strike>{{WDTK|The Appointments Commission|appointments_commission}}</strike> ''(added by {{ukpga|2006|28}}; removed by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1831}})''
* {{WDTK|Thurrock Development Corporation|ttgdc}} (an [[urban development corporation]]) abolished by {{uksi|2012|995}}.
==1st November 2012==
* Dissolution of the {{WDTK|Oxfordshire Learning Disability National Health Service Trust|oxfordshire_learning_disability_nhs_trust}} by {{uksi|2012|2570}}.
==15 November 2012==
Police Commissioners elected (they formally take office on 22 November)
Police and Crime Panels come into existence
==22 November 2012==
* {{ukpga|2011|13}} amends:
** [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part V]]:
***<strike>57 - A [[police authority]] established under section 3 of the {{ukpga|1996|16}}</strike> ''(removed by {{ukpga|2011|13}} and {{uksi|2011|2892}})''
*** 57 - A [[police and crime commissioner]] ''(added by {{ukpga|2011|13}} and {{uksi|2011|2892}})''
[[police authority|Police Authorities]] in England and Wales become defunct
==1st December 2012==
* Amendment to [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
** <strike>{{WDTK|The Independent Safeguarding Authority|isa}}</strike> ''(added by {{uksi|2011|1041}}; removed by {{uksi|2012|3006}})''
* {{WDTK|Disclosure and Barring Service|dbs}} takes over functions of {{WDTK|Independent Safeguarding Authority|isa}}  and {{WDTK({{uksi|2012|3006}})
* {{ukpga|2012|7}}:
** Amends [[FOIA Schedule 1 Part VI]]:
*** <strike>{{WDTK|The Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence|chre}}</strike> ''(was "The Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals", changed by {{ukpga|2008|14}} and {{uksi|2008|3244}}; removed by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1319}})''
*** {{WDTK|The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care|professional_standards_authority}} ''(added by {{ukpga|2012|7}} and {{uksi|2012|1319}})'' [sch15 para69]
==17th December 2012==
* {{WDTK|Bedfordshire and Luton Combined Fire Authority|bedfordshire_and_luton_fire_and_rescue_service}} (a [[fire and rescue authority]]) becomes Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority ({{uksi|2012|2879}})
==1st January 2013==
* {{WDTK|West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust|west_midlands_ambulance_service_nhs_trust}} becomes {{WDTK|West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust|west_midlands_ambulance_service_nhs_foundation_trust}}


==1st February 2013==
==1st February 2013==

Revision as of 18:51, 10 January 2015

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 2013

28th February 2013

22nd March 2013

28th March 2013

31st March 2013

  • Abolition of Keyingham Level Drainage Board, Ottringham Drainage Board, Preston Drainage Board, Skeffling Drainage Board, Thorngumbald Drainage Board, and Winestead Level Drainage Board, and creation of South Holderness Internal Drainage Board by SI 2013/819.

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.

27th May 2013

28th May 2013

31st May 2013

25th June 2013

1st August 2013

1st September 2013

1st October 2013

7th October 2013

16th December 2013

1st March 2014

1st April 2014

13th May 2014

23rd May 2014

1st July 2014

4th July 2014

14th July 2014

18th July 2014

31st July 2014

31st August 2014

  • SI 2014/2067 establishes the Prospects College of Advanced Technology

1st September 2014

31st October 2014

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.