Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 places an obligation on all public authorities (including LSE) to make available to the public (with certain specific exemptions) information it holds for the conduct of its business. This is done through responding to written requests for information within 20 working days and through a publication scheme which provides access to certain classes of material as a matter of course.

Heads of department have no specific Freedom of Information Act responsibilities. However all staff need to respond within 20 working days to all written requests for information they receive. They also need to inform the records manager, Rachael Maguire, when they have information that needs to be included in the publication scheme.

The records manager also acts as FoI champion to all academic departments. If a request is received for information that the department is not happy to send out or has refused to send out before, it should be forwarded to the records manager for checking if an exemption applies. Other requests that should be forwarded to the records manager includes broad or vexatious requests.

For more information on Freedom of Information, please contact Rachael Maguire, ext 6481, email r.e.maguire@lse.ac.uk or visit the Freedom of Information web pages.

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