Academic use of FOI

My post on academic use of FOI has prompted some interesting correspondence- the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority have said that 87 of their 250 requests since Jan. 2005 have been from academics/students. Whilst this is a fairly specialist agency it does illustrate that academic use is taking place in some sectors and is worth further inevstigation in my view. The Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority also kindly sent a breakdown of the requests (names redacted).