What is Freedom of Information?

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides public access to information held by public authorities.

It does this in two ways:

• public authorities are obliged to publish certain information about their activities; and
• Members of the public are entitled to request information from public authorities.

You can read more in our leaflet about Freedom of Information (FOI).

Can I request information about myself under FOI?

The FOI Act does not give you access to your own personal information such as Housing Benefit or Grant files. 

If you wish to see information that we hold on you as an individual, then you would need to make a Data Subject Request. 

You can read more information about how to make a request in our section on Data Protection.

Can I request Environmental Information under FOI?

The FOI Act does not give you access to Environmental Information as this is covered by the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. 

Under the Regulations, requests can be made verbally or in writing.

How to make an FOI request?

If the information you want is not already published, you can make a request for it under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or, for environmental information, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 at the details below;

By email: foi@nihe.gov.uk

or by post to:

Freedom of Information
Legal Services and Information Governance
Housing Executive
Housing Centre
2 Adelaide Street
Belfast, BT2 8PB