Freedom of Information exemptions
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/2527
Version Date: 11/11/2024
The Information Management Department have provided the following information.
Information is only held from 2019
*to 31st October 2024
Going back to 2001 or as far as your records go I would like to know by year.
1. How many requests you received.
|
Year |
Requests received |
|
2019 |
1244 |
|
2020 |
995 |
|
2021 |
1144 |
|
2022 |
1093 |
|
2023 |
1239 |
|
2024* |
1084 |
2. How many times you applied section 31.
3. How many times you applied section 14.
|
|
Requests where exemption has been applied |
|
|
Year |
Section 31 |
Section 14 |
|
2019 |
38 |
5 |
|
2020 |
38 |
2 |
|
2021 |
37 |
6 |
|
2022 |
31 |
2 |
|
2023 |
26 |
13 |
|
2024* |
19 |
1 |
Figures are for full and part refusals and do not include neither confirm nor deny offences
4. How many times you withheld information for other reasons.
|
Outcome |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024* |
|
Business as usual |
5 |
13 |
18 |
5 |
16 |
6 |
|
Full disclosure |
733 |
697 |
797 |
732 |
797 |
568 |
|
Full refusal |
21 |
24 |
32 |
19 |
36 |
32 |
|
Information not held |
50 |
37 |
66 |
67 |
90 |
88 |
|
Neither confirm nor deny |
44 |
27 |
17 |
32 |
19 |
35 |
|
Over fees |
168 |
114 |
109 |
107 |
104 |
73 |
|
Part disclosure |
165 |
69 |
72 |
60 |
60 |
38 |
|
Withdrawn |
58 |
14 |
33 |
71 |
115 |
103 |
|
Ongoing |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
141 |
|
Total |
1244 |
995 |
1144 |
1093 |
1239 |
1084 |
5. How many times these decisions were appealed.
6. How many times these decisions were appealed successfully.
|
|
Internal Reviews |
|
|
Year |
Recieved |
Upheld / Part upheld |
|
2019 |
14 |
8 |
|
2020 |
10 |
4 |
|
2021 |
11 |
1 |
|
2022 |
29 |
9 |
|
2023 |
19 |
10 |
|
2024* |
31 |
10 |
For Q6 a successful appeal is where the internal review complaint was either partially or full upheld