Subject	Predicate	Object
TE8JYbI4	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	HLv4iDg3
	answer has answering person	Michael Fallon
	answer text	<p>Royal Mail was within the scope of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 because it fell within the definition of a publicly owned body set out in section 6 of that Act. Royal Mail no longer falls within this definition as it is not “wholly owned by the Crown”. The company is, therefore, now outside the scope of the FOI Act.</p><p>Royal Mail has the same status as other bodies providing services to the public that were privatised in the past, e.g. BT and the water/energy companies.</p>
	answer given date	2013-10-21
	answer has answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	written answer has answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills	answering body has written answer	TE8JYbI4
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills	answering body has answer	TE8JYbI4
HLv4iDg3	question has answer	TE8JYbI4
Michael Fallon	answering person has answer	TE8JYbI4