Exclusive: Outgoing information commissioner says transparency eroded by rapid rise in outsourcing
Scotland’s transparency laws need to be strengthened to cover private firms that own billions of pounds worth of hospitals, roads and schools, the outgoing information commissioner has said.
Daren Fitzhenry, who has just finished his six-year term as Scottish information commissioner, told the Guardian there was a powerful case for ensuring the public had the right to question companies that have multi-billion-pound public sector contracts.
