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FOI & EIR Request statistics 2015/16

Question:
FOI & EIR Request statistics 2015/16
Answer:
StatisticApr - JunJul - SepOct - DecJan - Mar
Number of freedom of information (FOI) requests received 316 333 297 382
Number of environmental information (EIR) requests 844 897 704 728
Total number of FOI and EIR requests received 1160 1230 1001 1110
Number of requests that took 20 working days or less 1091 1174 947 1056
Number of requests processed within 25 working days 1146 1203 991 1094
Number of FOI requests not answered within 20 working 14 28 10 14
Number of EIR requests not answered within 20 working 0 0 0 3
Number of requests where 20 working days deadline extended as permitted in legislation - clarification 11 10 5 13
Number of requests where 20 working days deadline extended as permitted in legislation - public interest test 3 2 1 2
Number of requests where a fee was charged 0 0 0 0
Number of requests refused in full because SCC does not hold information 9 62 70 80
Number of requests refused because requests considered vexatious 0 4 0 0
Number of request refused due to repeated requests 0 0 0 0
Number of requests refused as costs would exceed the 'appropriate' limit 9 6 10 14
Number of FOI requests refused under sections 22 - 44 9 4 4 8
Percentage of requests answered within 20 working days 94 95 95 95
Percentage of requests answered within 25 working days 98 98 99 99

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