Your right to request any written or recorded information held by us.
The Southwark Council publication scheme is a guide to its routine publications. We are committed to a policy of open access to information under the scheme.
We recommend you download the Southwark Council publication scheme (PDF, 155KB) and search our website before making a FOI request. If you can't find the required information, make a request.
The term 'publication' isn't limited to printed information like a brochure or book. It includes many different ways of producing information. Web information is a big part of the publication scheme, in addition to mass-produced leaflets.
Public registers hold some information that is not in a suitable form for publication. In these cases, the information is available in specified locations for public inspection.
The director of legal services, or monitoring officer, has overall responsibility for the publication scheme.
The financial and information governance team is responsible for regularly maintaining, reviewing and updating Southwark's publication scheme.
Accessing the publication scheme is free of charge for material held in electronic format.
Alternatively, you can request a copy of the material by post. There will be a charge of 10p per A4 page and 20p per A3 page in addition to postage costs.
Where other charges apply, as with official publications, the charge will be clearly stated.
The publication scheme will be available until it is replaced.
All information is held for as long as stated in the Southwark retention schedule, including publication scheme material. All publication scheme material, current or archived, will be available for as long as it's due to be retained.