Statistic | Apr-June | Jul-Sept | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar |
Number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received |
212 |
337 |
341 |
371 |
Number of Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests received |
29 |
25 |
17 |
20 |
Total number of FOI and EIR requests received |
241 |
362 |
358 |
391 |
Requests processed within 20 working days |
230 |
341 |
346 |
378 |
Requests processed in between 21– 25 working days |
5 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
FOI requests not answered within 20 working days |
6 |
14 |
7 |
2 |
EIR requests not answered within 20 working days |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Clarification required* |
14 |
19 |
9 |
3 |
Deadline extended as permitted in legislation – Public Interest Test |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Fee charged |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Information not held ** |
50 |
80 |
48 |
64 |
Vexatious requests - Refused FOI s14(1) |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Repeat requests - Refused FOI s14(2) |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Exceed cost/time limit - Refused - FOI s12*** |
8 |
10 |
13 |
11 |
Available by other means - Refused FOI s21*** |
5 |
9 |
5 |
18 |
FOI requests where section 22-44 was the reason for refusal*** |
7 |
16 |
18 |
1 9 |
Percentage of requests answered under 20 working days |
95% |
94% |
97% |
96% |
Percentage of requests answered within 25 working days |
97% |
96% |
98% |
99% |