Number of FOI requests in 2021 and 2022
Published 26 February 2025
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Date of release:
15 January 2024
Information Request:
Can you please inform me, under the FOIA:
During the calendar years of 2021 and 2022
1 - How many Freedom of Information (FOI) requests you received
1a - What was your compliance rate (meaning, how many percent of requests did you respond to within the 20 working days or within the allowed extension time frame)?
1b - How many Internal Reviews were you requested under the FOIA?
1c - How many ICO appeals under FOIA?
2 - How many Subject Access Requests you received
2a - What was your compliance rate (meaning, how many percent of requests did you respond to within the 30 days or within the allowed extension time frame)?
Information released:
FOI Requests
FOI requests received 2022: 112
Compliance rate: 106
Internal reviews: 3
ICO complaints: 0
FOI requests received 2023: 135 (of which 10 unresolved, 4 of which are outside the statutory time scale)
Compliance rate: 125
Internal reviews: 6
ICO complaints: 1
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SARs Requests
| Year | Number of SARs | Number of SARs responded by deadline or within the allowed extension |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 20 | 19 with 1 ongoing and still within the statutory timescale within the allowed extension time frame. |