The UK body for social enterprise has recommended that the Freedom of Information Act should be reviewed so that companies delivering public services are included under the scope of the Act. 

Social Enterprise, in their report recommend:

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and the powers that support transparency
urgently need reviewing. As outsourcing of public services expands, the public’s right
to information is shrinking. The Act only applies to information that a public authority
holds about a contract or which it can compel a contractor to supply to it – rendering
the powers of the act no longer fit for purpose.

FOI powers should be extended to companies delivering public services – but these
should be revised to take account of proportional cost burdens on smaller providers,
appropriate timeframes for independent contractors, and clear guidelines on
information that contractors are required to provide under FOI.

You can read he full report here. 

I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.