Fibre analysis can be used as evidence to indicate if a suspect was present at a crime scene.
#FOI shows police forces paid for less than 1,000 hours of fibre analysis per year between 2018 and 2020 – the equivalent of around 30 hours per force.
#FOI shows 504,276 patients classed as Code 2, meaning they were deemed to be in need of “very urgent emergency care”, arrived at A&E not in an ambulance in 2023.
This was up 11,500 (2.4%) compared to 2022, and up 141,000 (38.9%) compared to 2019.
Buckinghamshire Council spent £1.8 million a year on one child’s care in an unregistered home, as well as shelling out more than £1 million for the care of a single child on four occasions in 2023/24, according to #FOI
An interesting use of #FOI, where the lack of info is the story.
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust found only 11 police forces were able to show how many stalking cases were charged as different crimes, e.g. malicious communications, or no further action was taken
Academies and academy trusts are subject to the #FOI Act.
Aspirations, which runs schools across the south of England, spent £87,000 on company cars between 2021 and 2023, including Tesla Model 3 saloons, with 2022 registrations.
The technology behind England's smart motorway network stops working on a regular basis.
Where the hard shoulder has been removed, radar & cameras are supposed to spot broken-down vehicles and close affected lanes - but #FOI shows power failed 392 times
"Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative government was talking with the coal industry for years about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines.
The documents also show the province was talking about opening those landscapes to more development generally for at least seven months before letting the public in on its plans."