By Kieron JH If you’ve ever had an FOI bounced with “section 12, exceeds the appropriate limit”, you’ve seen the trick. The refusal is framed as maths. It’s often just…
Posts tagged as “Freedom of Information”
Summary: A Freedom of Information response from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) states it recorded 18 incidents where prescribed medical cannabis (CBPM) was seized across the 2024–2025 periods requested, and states…
Freedom of Information requests are not a side hobby at The Reasonable Adjustment, they are a core part of how we do public interest work. Used properly, FOI lets you…
By Kieron JH The Ministry of Justice is now telling some Freedom of Information requesters to upload a scan of their passport and a utility bill before it will even…
In November 2025, a member of the public, Jamie Halliday, submitted a Freedom of Information request about the North East Mayor’s overseas trip to Japan. The request was made via…
By Kieron JH, The Reasonable Adjustment The North East Combined Authority (NECA) has just sent me a Subject Access Request response that weighs in at roughly 428 MB. Not a…
The complete Freedom of Information disclosure from Newcastle City Council about The Recruitment Junction is now live in a permanent, public-access archive on GitHub. Full FOI Archive:https://github.com/ReasonableMedia/the-recruitment-junction-newcastle-city-council-freedom-of-information/ Every document is…
Rope The Bureaucracy A simple guide to using their rules, with calm record keeping and clear asks By Kieron JH, Founder, The Reasonable Adjustment Download Starter Kit v2 Beginner friendly…
NECA, TRJ, and the appearance of bias: FOI, comms decisions, and a conflict to fix NECA, TRJ, and the appearance of bias: FOI, comms decisions, and a conflict to fix…
By Kieron JH, Founder, The Reasonable AdjustmentOctober 25, 2025Estimated read time: 3 minutes If you have ever been ignored or fobbed off by a public body, charity, or corporate giant,…