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FOI & EIR Request statistics 2019/20

Question:
FOI & EIR Request statistics 2019/20
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StatisticApr-JuneJul-SeptOct-DecJan-Mar
Number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received 329 347 320  323
Number of Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests received 38 34 26  59
Total number of FOI and EIR requests received 367 381 346  382
Requests processed within 20 working days 325 338 322  314
Requests processed in between 21– 25 working days 12 13 7  33
FOI requests not answered within 20 working days 19 17 11  31
EIR requests not answered within 20 working days 1 0 1  4
Deadline extended as permitted in legislation – Clarification 8 6   2  23
Deadline extended as permitted in legislation – Public Interest Test 2 7 3  2
Fee charged 0 0 0  0
Information not held 67 37 62  84
Vexatious requests - Refused FOI s14(1) 0 0 1  0
Repeat requests - Refused FOI s14(2) 1 0 1  2
Exceed cost/time limit - Refused - FOI s12 17 20 15  17
Available by other means - Refused FOI s21 10 8 11  17
FOI requests where section 22-44 was the reason for refusal 6 23 18  9
Percentage of requests answered under 20 working days 88% 89% 93%  82%
Percentage of requests answered within 25 working days 92% 92% 96%  91%

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