West Sussex County Council: Freedom of Information Act

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Access to Information

The County Council's policy on access to information is:

• to make information available to all those who need or request it, wherever possible in the form that is most convenient for them.
• to publicise information already made available by maximising the use of the County Council's Publication Scheme.
• to make access to the Publication Scheme (and information referred to in it) as easy as possible, particularly through the Council's website.
• to presume that information is available unless a cabinet member, committee or officer can demonstrate a legitimate reason for witholding it.
• to restrict the scope of information witheld from the public, by interpreting exemptions restrictively, and separating exempt from non-exempt material.