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2023

2023

The tables below show requests performance statistics for the calendar year 2023.


Table 1 – Number of requests by type

Shows the number of requests received by type, the number of internal reviews and ICO cases received by type, all broken down by month for 2023.

Number of requests received Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Grand total
FOI/EIR 120 134 132 123 128 117 148 136 123 129 138 76 1504
SAR 33 45 44 37 34 29 40 33 38 30 30 33 426
Other information rights                          
FOI/EIR internal reviews 2 2 1 1 6 3 3 3 4 3 1 3 32
SAR internal reviews 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 14
FOI ICO cases 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
SAR ICO cases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Grand total 157 183 179 162 172 150 193 172 166 162 172 112 1980

 

Table 2 – Number of FOI requests by request outcome

FOI/EIR outcomes Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Grand total
All information granted in full 32 52 52 41 52 43 42 59 40 36 45 29 523
Refused in full 9 23 11 12 18 12 14 15 19 15 18 12 178
Granted in part and refused in part 39 37 38 34 35 41 39 43 39 23 42 39 449
Not held 17 25 25 25 22 25 27 35 29 31 16 16 293
Request lapsed/withdrawn 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 4 4 5 4 3 29
Grand total 97 138 126 113 132 123 122 156 131 110 125 99 1472

 

Table 3 – Number of SAR by request outcome

SAR outcomes Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Grand total
All information disclosed 0 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 18
Partially disclosed 18 18 28 13 9 21 14 13 16 17 11 13 191
Information not held 2 6 3 4 8 3 2 2 1 0 4 3 38
Refused in full 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 6
Grand total 20 25 34 19 19 24 18 16 20 19 16 17 247

 

Table 4 – Number of FOI/EIR compliance

FOI/EIR requests processed Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Grand total
Within timescales 108 112 115 105 120 117 116 149 121 115 114 94 1386
Out of timescales 12 23 9 7 8 6 6 8 8 4 4 3 98

 

Table 5 – Number of SAR compliance

SAR requests processed Jan Feb  Mar  April May  June  July  Aug  Sep  Oct Nov Dec

Grand Total
Within timescales  22 16  28  17  20  25  18  15  19  18 15 15 228
Extended  6 3  6  5  2  7  2  2  3  6 4 7 53
Out of timescales 11 9 7 3 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 2 41
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