Facts Revealed By The Act
Facts that have been brought to light by this Act include:
- The Government agreed to a £1.5 million bailout of one of the most troubled schools in its flagship academies programme ten days before the 2005 general election
- Ministers and MPs claimed thousands of pounds on taxis as part of £5.9 million in expenses for travel
- Foreign diplomats – who have diplomatic immunity – were accused of rapes, sexual assaults, child abuse and murders while working in Britain
- Seventy-four police officers serving with the Metropolitan Police have criminal records
- A clandestine British torture programme existed in post-war Germany, “reminiscent of the concentration camps”
- The UK supported the Israeli nuclear weapons program, by selling Israel 20 tonnes of heavy water in 1958.
- The NHS has made available Implanon implants to girls from the age of 13 in an attempt to cut teenage pregnancies
Read more about this topic: Freedom Of Information Act 2000
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