Freedom of Information Request Draft Letter.

Freedom of Information Officer
Department of ................

ADDRESS

Dear Sir/Madam

RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

This is a request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request access to (ALL) DOCUMENTS relating to ....matter in question. (or some documents be more specific in the type of documents you are wanting access to)

• This request also includes any notations etc. that may be in any diary (private or otherwise) of all staff members. (if applicable)

• I make this request on behalf of ...(Group name) (if a request is in a group name more than one person can view the files. The group need not be registered or incoroporated or actually exist. If a group of people want to look at some government documents then any new group name would do.)

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter by return mail and advise me of any time delay I may experience in your processing this FOI request.

Yours sincerely

Name & Address ............................................... Signature. ............................

Helpful hints.

1. Confine your request to a topic or subject.

2. Use dates to limit the search time if possible.

3. Use words like, include all references to ........ to assist the FOI officer.

4. Include your telephone number in the request.

5. Be prepared to spent the time reading once the files are made available to read.

6. Photocopies cost .50c per A4 page if a copy is needed.

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