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Freedom of Information Requests

Freedom of Information (FOI) statistics and information

The following table gives a breakdown of the number of FOI and Subject Access Requests (SAR) received per quarter, plus the number of requests processed within the legal time frame, which is 20 working days for FOI requests and one calendar month for SARs.

Freedom of Information statistics

2023 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in 2023
Quarter Requests received Response on time Late response No response Full response Partial response Response refused Requested information not held
Quarter 1 57 55 2 0 16 11 18 12

2022 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in 2022
Quarter Requests received Response on time Late response No response Full response Partial response Response refused Requested information not held
Quarter 1 64 60 4 0 17 13 25 9
Quarter 2 60 60 0 0 9 17 28 5
Quarter 3 61 56 5 0 11 19 20 11
Quarter 4 65 64 1 0 13 16 27 8
Total in 2022 250 240 10 0 50 65 100 33

2021 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in 2021
Quarter Requests received Response on time Late response No response Full response Partial response Response refused Requested information not held
Quarter 1 80 76 4 0 19 15 39 7
Quarter 2 67 65 2 0 13 10 36 8
Quarter 3 65 63 2 0 20 13 17 15
Quarter 4 58 56 2 0 18 12 21 7
Total in 2022 270 260 10 0 70 50 113 37

2020 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in 2020
Quarter Requests received Response on time Late response No response Full response Partial response Response refused Requested information not held
Quarter 1 86 85 1 0 41 11 23 11
Quarter 2 54 49 5 0 23 12 13 6
Quarter 3 59 56 3 0 17 12 24 6
Quarter 4 68 68 0 0 14 18 25 11
Total in 2020 267 258 9 0 95 53 85 34

2019 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in 2019
Quarter Requests received Response on time Late response No response Full response Partial response Response refused Requested information not held
Quarter 1 36 34 2 0 16 9 4 7
Quarter 2 41 41 0 0 16 16 4 5
Quarter 3 40 39 1 0 13 13 9 5
Quarter 4 50 43 0 0 20 6 15 4
Total in 2019 167 157 3 0 65 44 32 21

2018 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in 2018
Quarter Requests received Response on time Late response No response Full response Partial response Response refused Requested information not held
Quarter 1 30 13 12 5 12 8 2 2
Quarter 2 33 21 11 1 17 7 2 5
Quarter 3 31 18 12 1 10 8 1 10
Quarter 4 20 10 9 1 13 2 4 2
Total in 2018 114 62 44 8 52 25 9 19

Subject Access Requests

2023 Subject Access Requests

Number of Subject Access Requests in 2023
Quarter Number of requests Extension Applied
Quarter 1 7 0

2022 Subject Access Requests

Number of Subject Access Requests in 2022
Quarter Number of requests Extension Applied
Quarter 1 7 0
Quarter 2 4 0
Quarter 3 6 3
Quarter 4 7 0
Total in 2022 24 3

2021 Subject Access Requests

Number of Subject Access Requests in 2021
Quarter Number of requests Extension Applied
Quarter 1 19 3
Quarter 2 10 1
Quarter 3 8 1
Quarter 4 10 1
Total in 2021 42 6

2020 Subject Access Requests

Number of Subject Access Requests in 2020
Quarter Number of requests Extension Applied
Quarter 1 8 1
Quarter 2 7 1
Quarter 3 13 1
Quarter 4 11 1
Total in 2020 39 4

2019 Subject Access Requests

Number of Subject Access Requests in 2022
Quarter Number of requests Extension Applied
Quarter 1 1 0
Quarter 2 3 0
Quarter 3 1 0
Quarter 4 8 2
Total in 2019 13 2

Response appeals

Number of Response Appeals
Year Internal review Information Commissioner's Office complaint First Tier Tribual
2022 51 10 3
2021 24 8 2
2020 26 3 1
2019 9 6 1
2018 5 4 0

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