Letter to ICO re FOI requests to ministers
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Dear Information Commissioner
I am writing in a personal capacity to seek clarification about the ICO's approach to requests to specific Government Ministers.
It has come to my attention that the ICO has stated in a letter that "the Ministers for Health" and the "Prime Minister" are not public authorities for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 FS50173182[1] . Is this the ICO's official position?
"Any government department" is included in the list of public authorities in schedule 1. In Section 84 of the Act defines the term "government department” is define to include "any other body ...