Freedom of Information

In November 2000, the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) received Royal Assent. It was fully implemented on 1st January 2005.  The Act applies to some 100,000 public authorities, including England’s nine regional development agencies.  The Act  provides greater access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities and imposes obligations on them to disclose information, subject to a range of exemptions.  The Act allows 20 working days to provide a response.

Any requests for information under the FOI legislation should be forwarded in writing to:

Sharon Doran
NWDA
Renaissance House
PO Box 37
Centre Park
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1XB

or email foi@nwda.co.uk.

It should be noted that disclosure of personal information will continue to be governed by the Data Protection Act 1998.

Each public authority was required under the FOI Act to produce a publication scheme setting out what information it would publish as a matter of course. 

View our Freedom of Information Act Publications Scheme.