This is marvellous: Freedom of Information made easy. WhatDoTheyKnow helps you get information out of government departments and agencies. Just visit, pick a department, type a request, and they handle the rest.
Even better, WhatDoTheyKnow is an archive of requests and responses made by other people, so you can find out what information other people have found, or even set up email or RSS alerts to get notified when anything comes in that you’re interested in...