Freedom of Information
In November 2000, the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) received
Royal Assent. It was fully implemented in January 2005. The Act
applies to some 100,000 public authorities, including England’s
nine Regional Development Agencies.
The Act provides greater access to all types of recorded
information held by public authorities and imposes obligations on
them to disclose information, subject to a range of exemptions.
Environmental Information Regulations
The Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) came into force
on 1 January 2005. EIR gives members of the public the right to
access environmental information held by NWDA.
Publication Scheme
Each public authority is required under the FOI Act to produce a
publication scheme setting out what information it would publish as
a matter of course. As well as indicating what information is
published by the NWDA, our Scheme also tells you where to find that
information on this website. Currently all information indicated in
the Scheme is available without cost.
View our Freedom of Information
Act Publications Scheme.
View our
Freedom of Information Request Register.
Making an FOI/EIR Request
If you require information not available in our publication scheme, your
request for information should be emailed to foi@nwda.co.uk or sent
in writing to:
Sharon Doran
NWDA
Renaissance House
Centre Park
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1QN
The Act allows 20 working days to provide a response and it
should be noted that disclosure of personal information will
continue to be governed by the Data Protection Act 1998.