Cockermouth Town Council - Freedom of Information
The Freedom of Information Act came into force at the beginning of 2005 and encourages greater openness and transparency across the whole public sector. The Act provides individuals or organisations with the right to request information held by a public authority.
The Act obliges every public authority to adopt an approved Publication Scheme.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has produced a new model publication scheme that all public sector organisations must adopt form the 1 January 2009.
Cockermouth Town Council adopted the following publication scheme on 17 December 2008 :
| Information to be published | How the information can be obtained | Cost |
| Class1 - Who we are and what we do
(Organisational information, structures, locations and contacts) | ||
| Who’s who on the Council and its Committees | Hard Copy | 10p per A4 |
| Contact details for Parish Clerk and Council members (named contacts where possible with telephone number and email address (if used)) | Hard Copy | 10p per A4 |
| Location of main Council office and accessibility details | Hard Copy | 10p per A4 |
| Staffing structure | Hard Copy | 10p per A4 |
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