Freedom of Information
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 all public authorities, including NERC, must adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme stating:
- the types (classes) of information we publish, or intend to publish
- how our information is, or will be, published
- whether the information is, or will be, made available to you free of charge or on payment.
The NERC Publication Scheme aims to make a significant amount of our information readily available* to you without your needing to request it specifically under the Freedom of Information Act. We also want to inform you of the range of material that is available from NERC.
We will supply material promptly when we receive a request (phone, letter, fax or email). Some of our information is subject to 'statutory exemptions', so it is excluded from publication by law.
Leaflet on how to get information from NERC (275KB)
NERC Policy on Freedom of Information and Peer Review (25KB)
NERC Policy on Charging Fees under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (44KB)
NERC Statistics on Freedom of Information requests in 2008 (244KB)
* By 'readily available' we mean that you can find this information on our website, or we can supply it for free or at a reasonable charge from our Swindon office or one of our research centres. Otherwise, information may be available from The Stationery Office (TSO) or a public library.
