The Council’s response rates for Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulation requests for the year to date are as follows:
Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Jun 2023 | Jul 2023 | Aug 2023 | Sep 2023 | Oct 2023 | Nov 2023 | Dec 2023 | Jan 2024 | Feb 2024 | Mar 2024 | |
Information requests received (number) | 124 | 129 | 115 | 159 | 180 | 152 | 142 | 146 | 97 | 238 | 203 | 163 |
Responses sent (number) | 73 | 93 | 144 | 279 | 154 | 208 | 162 | 141 | 117 | 147 | 217 | 193 |
Requests granted in full | 42 | 47 | 86 | 194 | 104 | 145 | 100 | 94 | 73 | 101 | 140 | 110 |
Requests refused in full | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 18 |
Information not held | 18 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 33 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 32 | 35 |
Requests part granted and part refused (including Information not held) | 8 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 13 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 30 |
Number of open requests at month end | 266 | 300 | 269 | 144 | 168 | 107 | 82 | 83 | 61 | 139 | 126 | 101 |
Number of requests completed in less than 20 days | 20 | 29 | 40 | 59 | 74 | 150 | 135 | 128 | 100 | 140 | 197 | 170 |
Number of requests completed in more than 20 days | 53 | 64 | 104 | 220 | 80 | 58 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 23 |
Internal Review Requests | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Compliance rates (%) | 14% | 22% | 23% | 54% | 42% | 87% | 94% | 93% | 96% | 96% | 98% | 94% |