FOI release

Wales Office and Freedom of Information

Published 7 April 2011

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Please find below information relating to FOI request ‘FOIRs’.

We were asked:

  • the number of FOIRs processed by the department
  • the number of FOIRs responded to with:
    • the disclosure of all information requested
    • the partial disclosure of some information requested
    • a refusal/failure to disclose any information
  • the number of times the department used a) a Section 35 exemption or b) a Section 36 exemption in response to a FOIR and, of those
  • the resulting public interest test resulted in a) a full disclosure, b) a partial disclosure, c) a refusal to disclose
Year  2008 2009 2010
The number of requests processed by the department 59 67 119
The number of requests responded to with the disclosure of all information requested   20 43 52
The number of requests responded to with the partial disclosure of some information requested 0 1 5
The number of requests responded to with a refusal/failure to disclose any information 3 5 12
Number of requests resulting in an alternative outcome (e.g. no information held, advice and assistance given; repeat requests) 36 18 50
The number of times the department used a Section 35 exemption 0 2 6
The number of times the department used a Section 36 0 0 0
Number of times the resulting public interest test resulted in a full disclosure 0 1 0
Number of times the resulting public interest test resulted in a partial disclosure 0 0 4
Number of times the resulting public interest test resulted in a refusal to disclose 0 0 2
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