Freedom of Information Act publication scheme

Freedom of Information Act (FoIA)

The Freedom of Information Act deals with access to official information and gives individuals or organisations the right to request information from any public authority. The Freedom of Information Act gives the right to request information held by public authorities, companies wholly owned by public authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and non-devolved public bodies in Scotland.

Model publication scheme 2009

As a result of the Publication Scheme Development and Maintenance Initiative the ICO has introduced a model publication scheme that all public sector organisations should adopt from 1 January 2009. The ICO have said “We expect authorities to ensure that the information can be easily identified and accessed by the general public”, Knowsley Community College is more than happy to comply with.

We would expect provide under the FoIA all information we hold unless:

The information is exempt under one of the FOI exemptions or Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) exceptions, or its release is prohibited under another statute;
The information is archived, out of date or otherwise inaccessible; or,
It would be impractical or resource-intensive to prepare the material for routine release We do not hold the information

Many of the detailed items below can already be found on our website.

Who we are and what we do?	Availability	Fee
Legal and corporate status Management structure Memberships of Committees Student activities and committees	E-mail Paper based	Free Fee may be asked?
What we spend and how we spend it?	Availability	Fee
Sources of funding Budgetary and accounts information Financial audit reports Capital programme Financial regulations and procedures Staff pay and grading structure Register of supplies Procurement and tender prodedures Contracts	E-mail Paper based	Free Fee may be asked?
What our priorities are and how we area doing?	Availability	Fee
Annual reports Corporate and business plans Teaching and learning strategy Academic quality and standards External reviews	E-mail Paper based	Free Fee may be asked?
How we make decisions?
Minutes from meetings Governing body Academic boards Steering groups Procedures and policies for conducting college business Procedures and policies relating to human resources Procedures and policies relating to recruitment	E-mail Paper based	Free Fee may be asked?
Our Policies and Procedures
Procedures and policies for conducting college business Procedures and policies relating to human resources Procedures and policies relating to recruitment	E-mail Paper based	Free Fee may be asked?
Lists and Register
Any information we currently legally required to hold in publicly available registers Asset registers Disclosure logs	E-mail Paper based	Free Fee may be asked?
The services we offer
Prospectus and course content Health advice Careers advice Chaplaincy services Services for which the college is entitled to recover a fee together with those fees Sports and recreational facilities Libraries special collections and archives Conference facilities Advice and guidance Local campaigns Media releases	E-mail Paper based	Free Fee may be asked?

Knowsley Community College

Freedom of Information Act publication scheme

Freedom of Information Act (FoIA)

Model publication scheme 2009

Who we are and what we do?

Availability

Fee

What we spend and how we spend it?

Availability

Fee

What our priorities are and how we area doing?

Availability

Fee

How we make decisions?

Our Policies and Procedures

Lists and Register

The services we offer