FOI & EIR: Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Requests Received

A dataset from the Government Digital Service on the UK's Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004. The data likely contains counts of information requests received by public authorities, intended to promote openness and accountability. The dataset is provided under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in public information requests based on the FOI and EIR frameworks mentioned in the description
• Benchmark government openness and accountability across different authorities based on request volumes
• Study public interest in environmental information based on the scope of the Environmental Information Regulations

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Government Digital Service.
• Covers two distinct legal frameworks (FOI 2000 and EIR 2004) for information access.

Limitations

• Row count and temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from public authorities under the FOI and EIR frameworks.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Likely United Kingdom, based on the UK-specific legislation mentioned.