Freedom of information: three years on
In December 2007, Continental Research Ltd conducted the Freedom of information: three years on research project on behalf of the ICO.
Continental Research Ltd is an independent market research company which adheres to the Market Research Society's Code of Conduct. Continental Research Ltd has also conducted the Freedom of information: one and two years on research projects.
The research was commissioned to understand how public authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland feel the Freedom of Information Act is working in practice, what their perceptions are and how they see it working in the future. The findings have been compared with the results from the previous two waves of research conducted in 2005 and 2006.
The report on the research findings, a copy of the questionnaire and the full market research report are available below:
Research findings
Research questionnaire
Full report
Stakeholder perception study
A commitment of the stakeholder relations strategy, launched in 2007 is to track progress of our actions. As a result a survey was undertaken in March 2008 to measure perceptions of the ICO amongst key stakeholders.
The stakeholder perception study involved stakeholders which have a high interest in what we do and can have a high influence on ICO, data protection and freedom of information issues.
The research was conducted on behalf of the ICO by Jigsaw Research and Critical Research, both independent market research agencies based in London.
Stakeholder perception study: research report