Freedom of Information Requests – Compliance Statistics 2020/2021

Public Authorities with over 100 Full Time Equivalent employees should as best practice, publish details of their performance on handling requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Details of compliance under the Act are within in the Freedom of information Code of Practice www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-code-of-practice

The following shows the number of requests we have handled and how we responded. We add information and update the figures each quarter.

Freedom of Information Statistics

2020/21 – Quarter 1 April – June

Number of requests received – 20
Number requests received yet to be processed – 0
Number of requests where clarification was requested – 1
Number of requests responded to within 20 working days – 11 (55%)
Number of requests responded to over 20 working days – 9 (45%)
How we responded
Number of requests where information was provided in full – 12
Number of requests where information was provided in part – 5
Number of requests were the information requested was refused – 0
Number of requests withdrawn/transferred – 3
Number of times exemptions were applied to requests we responded to in part (more than one exemption may be applied to a request)
Section 8 – not valid request or vexations – 0
Section 12 – cost limit / fees notice – 0
Section 21 – accessible by other means – 4
Section 31 – law enforcement – 0
Section 38 – health and safety – 0
Section 40 – personal data – 1
Other exemptions – 0
Internal Review
Number of requests for an internal review – 1
Internal review upheld – 0
Internal review not upheld – 1

Freedom of Information Statistics 2019/2020

Freedom of Information Statistics 2018/2019