Freedom of Information Act

The Freedom of Information Act received Royal Ascent on the 30th November 2000 and came into force in January 2005.

The Act requires all public authorities, including Berwick upon Tweed Borough Council, to be open with information.  You will have the right to ask the council for any recorded information that it holds.  When we receive a Freedom of Information request, unless we are exempt from providing the information, the council is required to:

• Confirm or deny that it holds the information.
• If it holds the information, to supply you with it.

From January 2005 any person or body resident in or outside the UK has the right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities subject only to the limitations imposed by the Act and other legislation.

Under the Act all public authorities must have a Publication Scheme describing all the general information it holds, that is currently made available to the public, where the information is available from, in what form and, whether or not it is free of charge. Details of the the Council’s Publication scheme are available here.

Lead Officer : Liam Henry Borough Solicitor

Telephone 01289 301710 Email wh@berwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk

You may also use our on-line Request Form

Note: When making a Freedom of Information request of the Council please address your request to directorate you consider will be most likely to hold the information you are seeking. This will allow your request to be processed as quickly as possible. For details of individual directorate’s responsibilities please see the Council’s A-Z listings.