Holding health service to account? FoI requests could cost £4,000 under Tory plan

‘Conservative Party plans to crack down on Freedom of Information (FoI) rights could see charges of up to £4,000 levied on those gathering data on National Health Service (NHS) structures such as clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).

Most public institutions are required to answer FoI requests for free, but under new plans reportedly under consideration by a commission set up by the Tories, some areas of the NHS could charge up to £20 per request.

Under the plans, CCGs would charge the maximum amount, meaning requests on all 209 groups would cost £4,180.’

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