Publication scheme guide to information
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Statutory Instruments require us to publish and maintain a ‘publication scheme’ setting out:
- the types of information we will publish;
- the way in which the information will be published; and
- whether or not we will charge for providing the information.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) oversees and enforces the Freedom of Information Act. Under the publication scheme, authorities must produce a guide to the specific information they hold and which is contained within any of the following seven classes within the scheme:
classes within the scheme:
- Who we are and what we do
- What we spend and how we spend it
- What our priorities are and how are we doing
- How we make decisions
- Our policies and procedures
- Lists and registers
- The services we offer
The FSA will review and update our information guide and its contents on a regular basis.
The ICO recognises that information falling within the following categories does not need to be made available under the information guide:
- where FSA does not hold the information;
- the information is exempt under one of the Freedom of Information exemptions or Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) exceptions, or its release is prohibited under another statute;
- the information is archived, out of date or otherwise inaccessible; or,
- it would be impractical or resource-intensive to prepare the material for routine release.
Administrative arrangements
Charging for publication
There is no charge for information that can be downloaded directly from our website. Various charging structures apply to hard copy versions of certain information classes.
A pound sign (£) is used to indicate that the class may contain material for which there is a charge.
Consumer publications
FSA consumer publications are available free to individual consumers
and in limited quantities to libraries, consumer advice agencies and
charitable organisations. Firms may also order copies, subject to charges
above a certain number of copies.
Consumer publications may be ordered direct using the Consumer Publications
online order form.
Full details are given on the following link:
Charges
for consumer publications and online ordering forms
Other FSA publications are available through:
- Publications available through EC Group
We provide a print-on-demand service through our official publishers, EC Group. All print-on-demand services are chargeable. To obtain information on what is available or to order over the phone - call our FSA Publications line on 0845 608 2372 (call rates may vary).
- The FSA Register (class E1)
The FSA Register is a public record of financial services firms, individuals and other bodies which fall under our regulatory jurisdiction as defined in FSMA. You may use the FSA Register on-line search facility. Alternatively, this information is also available on CD ROM for which there is a charge.
- Other publications
We will supply a single paper copy of information (where shown as available under these classes) free of charge on request. We reserve the right to charge for multiple paper copies of documents and postage and packing.
Requesting publications
Items from our Guide can be requested by telephone, email, fax, or in writing. The information will be made available routinely. There is no statutory time limit for meeting such requests, though we shall aim to provide the information in a timely manner.
Should you wish to request paper copies of any documents in our guide then please contact us at:
By post
FOI Publication Requests,
Financial Services Authority,
25 The North Colonnade,
Canary Wharf, London. E14 5HS
By email
By phone or fax
Phone: 020 7066 4406
Fax: 020 7066 4407
Please also contact FOI Publication Requests if you wish to come and view any documents available at the FSA under the Guide.
Comments and complaints about the publication scheme
By post
FOI Publication Requests,
Financial Services Authority,
25 The North Colonnade,
Canary Wharf, London. E14 5HS
By email
By phone or fax
Phone: 020 7066 4406
Fax: 020 7066 4407
If your complaint cannot be resolved you may refer it to the Information Commissioner.
The Commissioner's contact details are:
By post
Information Commissioner,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
By phone
01625 545 700
Copyright statement
Unless otherwise stated, we own the copyright and any other rights in all material in this scheme.
The Parliamentary copyright material in this scheme and on our website, relating to the legislative history of the Financial Services and Markets Act, is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office on behalf of Parliament.
Subject to parliamentary copyright and the special conditions applying to the ComparativeTables section of the FSA website, (please also refer to the legal information below ) you may print and download these documents on the following conditions:
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- no documents or related graphics are to be modified in any way;
- graphics are not to be used separately from the accompanying text;
- our copyright notice (i.e. © The Financial Services Authority) must appear in all copies;
- subject to parliamentary copyright and the special conditions applying to the Comparative Tables section of our website, you must not reproduce nor store any part of this site in any other website or include it in any public or private electronic retrieval system or service, without our prior written permission; and
- any rights not expressly granted in these terms are reserved.