Companies that carry out functions of a public nature will not have to handle Freedom of Information requests, the Ministry of Justice announced yesterday. Proposals to extend the regime to the private sector will not progress at this time.The UK Government carried out a consultation on the extension of FOI legislation to contractors or companies which “carry out functions of a public nature” between October 2007 and February 2008. The Ministry of Justice has now published its response to that consultation.
Source: Out-law.com
