Freedom of Information (FOI) processing

1) How many staff are responsible for responding to Freedom of Information requests (FOIs), (Full Time Equivalent – FTE).

Members of the Access to Information Team deal with a variety of different requests including Subject Access Requests (SARs) and Freedom of Information requests (FOIs). We have calculated how much of their time is spent responding to FOI requests and the information can be found in the table below.

2020/21 0.85
2021/22 1.08
2022/23 1.06

2) The total salary costs for staff with responsibility for Freedom of Information requests.

2020/21 £ 37,314.16
2021/22 £ 49,639.47
2022/23 £ 42,123.32

Salary costs are inclusive of on-costs.

3) The total for all other costs associated with handling Freedom of Information requests.

2020/21 £   4,088.00
2021/22 £   1,326.05
2022/23 £   1,049.88

Costs exclude VAT.

4) The total number of Freedom of Information received, and total number responded with the requested information.

FOI received FOI responded to with requested information
2020/21 1205 1009
2021/22 1381 1277
2022/23 1419 1361