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Now a Commons select committee is debating whether to amend the act, amid claims it has damaged confidence in government and is too often used to answer questions like whether a council is prepared for the zombie apocalypse – or the number of drawing pins it has and the percentage currently in use.
Croydon Council, accused by some as being among the most secretive of local authorities, has waded into the debate, pointing to frivolous requests for details of ghost-hunting and spelling mistakes on street signs as the cause of a rising annual bill expected to top £312,750 this year alone.