Putney.news · Freedom of information requests
20 Working Days
What we asked. What came back. How long it took.
Anyone can ask a public authority for the information it holds. It is a legal right rather than a favour, and the law gives them twenty working days to answer. That is where this page gets its name.
This is every request Putney.news has filed since March 2025, to Wandsworth Council, Transport for London, NHS trusts and government departments. Each entry shows what we asked, when we sent it, where it has got to, and what came back. Search it, filter by authority or status, or sort by how long a request has been waiting.
This page is the list. 20 Working Days is what is happening in it: the answers that came back this week, the refusals we are challenging and on what grounds, what each request turned into, and what we are asking next.
Past the legal limit
requests the authorities answered late, refused, or are still sitting on
Every case here either missed the 20-working-day legal deadline or has been escalated to the Information Commissioner or a tribunal because the authority refused to answer.
Within the legal limit
requests answered inside 20 working days
Credit where it’s due: these were answered lawfully on time — though on time is not the same as in full. Check each status.
Requests are filed through WhatDoTheyKnow, which publishes the full correspondence. Working-day counts exclude weekends and bank holidays. Want us to ask something? Suggest a request.