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.

Environmental Information Regulations

The Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) came into force on 1 January 2005.  EIR gives members of the public the right to access environmental information held by NWDA.

Publication Scheme

Each public authority is required under the FOI Act to produce a publication scheme setting out what information it would publish as a matter of course. As well as indicating what information is published by the NWDA, our Scheme also tells you where to find that information on this website. Currently all information indicated in the Scheme is available without cost.

View the NWDA's Freedom of Information Act Publications Scheme.

Making an FOI or EIR Request

Any requests for information should be forwarded in writing to:

Sharon Doran
NWDA
Renaissance House
Centre Park
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1QN

or email foi@nwda.co.uk.

The Act allows 20 working days to provide a response and it should be noted that disclosure of personal information will continue to be governed by the Data Protection Act 1998.