Guidance on publishing FOI monitoring data

The Ministry of Justice has produced new guidance to help local government and other sectors outside central government to publish FOI monitoring data:

This guidance is for all organisations covered by the Freedom of Information Act that do not currently report statistics through the Ministry of Justice statistical release process.

Its purpose is to encourage local government and other bodies subject to the legislation to publish to the same standard as the central government and Crown-body information that is currently produced by the department.

The guidance includes a section that covers various aspects of the Ministry of Justice's freedom of information monitoring statistics, including monitoring proformas and a series of presentational tables that can be used for quarterly and annual reporting.

Its purpose is to encourage local government and other bodies subject to the legislation to publish to the same standard as the central government and Crown-body information that is currently produced by the department.

The guidance includes a section that covers various aspects of the Ministry of Justice's freedom of information monitoring statistics, including monitoring proformas and a series of presentational tables that can be used for quarterly and annual reporting.

The guidance and Excel files can be be downloaded here.