Statistic | Apr-June | Jul-Sept | Oct-Dec | Jan-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% |