Freedom of information requests

Freedom of information compliance Statistics

We publish statistics on how we handle requests made under the Freedom of information Act 2000 (FOIA2000) and Environmental Information Regulation 2004. This is in accordance with the Freedom of Information Code of Practice 2018. This is in line with the ICO Freedom of Information Code of Practice, Section 8 Publication Schemes (paragraphs 8.5 and 8.6).

We publish this data a month after the end of the quarter. This is because we have up to 20 working days to respond to FOI and EIR requests. This gives us enough time to capture the outcome of all the requests made in that quarter.

Information overview

2022/23 April to June
Number of FOI/EIR requests received 194
Number of FOI/EIR requests completed within 20 working days 178
Percentage of requests completed within 20 working days 94%
Number of requests withdrawn by requester of awaiting clarification 2
Number of requests granted in full 79
Number of requests refused in full 50
Number of requests granted in part and refused in part 58
Number of requests where information was not held 33
Number of internal reviews To be confirmed
2022/23 July to September
Number of FOI/EIR requests received 162
Number of FOI/EIR requests completed within 20 working days 149
Percentage of requests completed within 20 working days 95%
Number of requests withdrawn by requester of awaiting clarification 4
Number of requests granted in full 84
Number of requests refused in full 35
Number of requests granted in part and refused in part 34
Number of requests where information was not held 16
Number of internal reviews To be confirmed
2022/23 October to December
Number of FOI/EIR requests received 134
Number of FOI/EIR requests completed within 20 working days 132
Percentage of requests completed within 20 working days 92%
Number of requests withdrawn by requester of awaiting clarification 10
Number of requests granted in full 71
Number of requests refused in full 24
Number of requests granted in part and refused in part 35
Number of requests where information was not held 29
Number of internal reviews To be confirmed
2022/23 January to March
Number of FOI/EIR requests received -
Number of FOI/EIR requests completed within 20 working days -
Percentage of requests completed within 20 working days -
Number of requests withdrawn by requester of awaiting clarification -
Number of requests granted in full -
Number of requests refused in full -
Number of requests granted in part and refused in part -
Number of requests where information was not held -
Number of internal reviews -
2022/23 Total 2022/23
Number of FOI/EIR requests received 490
Number of FOI/EIR requests completed within 20 working days 459
Percentage of requests completed within 20 working days 94%
Number of requests withdrawn by requester of awaiting clarification 16
Number of requests granted in full 234
Number of requests refused in full 109
Number of requests granted in part and refused in part 127
Number of requests where information was not held 78
Number of internal reviews To be confirmed
2022/23 April to June July to September October to December January to March Total 2022/23
2022/23: Number of FOI/EIR requests received 194 162 134 - 490
2022/23: Number of FOI/EIR requests completed within 20 working days 178 149 132 - 459
2022/23: Percentage of requests completed within 20 working days 94% 95% 92% - 94%
2022/23: Number of requests withdrawn by requester of awaiting clarification 2 4 10 - 16
2022/23: Number of requests granted in full 79 84 71 - 234
2022/23: Number of requests refused in full 50 35 24 - 109
2022/23: Number of requests granted in part and refused in part 58 34 35 - 127
2022/23: Number of requests where information was not held 33 16 29 - 78
2022/23: Number of internal reviews To be confirmed To be confirmed To be confirmed - To be confirmed

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