About the OFT
Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) gives you the right to obtain information held by the OFT unless there are good reasons for why the information cannot be supplied.
The Act gives you a general right of access to information held by public authorities. The Act also requires public authorities to have an approved publication scheme, which is a means of providing access to information which an authority proactively publishes.
When responding to requests, there are procedural requirements set out in the Act which an authority must follow. There are also valid reasons for withholding information, which are known as exemptions from the right to know.
More details on the Freedom of Information Act can be found on the Information Commissioner's Office website.
Latest responses to FoIA requests
4 April Information in relation to IT contracts, end-user devices, and websites accessed (61kb)
8 March Information in relation to mobile phone and telephone maintenance (71kb)
11 January Information in relation to Legal Services Expenditure (60kb)
9 January Information in relation to Consumer Codes Approval Scheme compliance (52kb)
07 January Information in relation to penalties imposed under the Competition Act 1998 (190kb)
15 November Information in relation to Payday Loans companies (137kb)
8 November Information in relation to penalties imposed against for breaches of a Consumer Credit Licence (60kb)
7 November Information in relation to Dreams plc (130kb)
7 November Information in relation to the issuing of Consumer Credit Licences (56kb) and list of consumer credit licensees (xls 2.6Mb)
22 October Information in relation to the Libor investigation (141kb)
12 October Information regarding the levels of parking charges (118kb)
09 October Information in relation to Competition Disqualification Orders (52kb)
10 October Information regarding Fairhold's circular to leaseholders (65kb)
26 September Request for a list of all organisations with a Consumer Credit Licence in certain postcode areas (57kb)
26 September Information in relation to Motor Codes (109kb)
25 September Information in relation to the issuing of Consumer Credit Licences (119kb)
11 September Information in relation to OFT1433 Home Insulation (66kb)
In this section...
- Publication scheme
- The Freedom of Information Act requires public authorities to have an approved publication scheme, which is a means of providing access to information which an authority proactively publishes.
- Requesting information under the FoIA
- How to make a Freedom of Information request and complaint procedures.
- Requests and responses obtained under the FoIA
- Previous requests made under the Freedom of Information Act and responses from the OFT and the responses.
- Freedom of Information monitoring data
- Statistics giving information on the number of freedom of information requests received and dealt with each quarter.
- A to Z list of information published under the FoIA
- A to Z list of information published under the Freedom of Information Act
- Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs)
- A list of organisations with which the OFT has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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