Freedom of Information Requests

Freedom of Information (FOI) statistics and information

The following table gives a breakdown of the number of FOI and Subject Access Requests (SAR) received per quarter, plus the number of requests processed within the legal time frame, which is 20 working days for FOI requests and one calendar month for SARs.

Freedom of Information statistics

Financial Year (FY) 2024 to 2025 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in FY 2024 to 2025

Quarter	Requests received	Response on time	Late response	Extension applied	No response	Full response	Partial response	Response refused	Requested information not held
Quarter 1 (April to June)	63	62	1	0	0	18	12	24	7
Quarter 2 (July to September)	45	44	1	0	0	5	13	21	3
Quarter 3 (October to December)	58	53	5	1	0	10	17	24	7
Quarter 4 (January to March)	69	69	0	0	0	12	14	28	15
Total in FY 2024 to 2025	235	228	7	1	0	45	56	97	32

FY 2023 to 2024 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in FY 2023 to 2024

Quarter	Requests received	Response on time	Late response	Extension applied	No response	Full response	Partial response	Response refused	Requested information not held
Quarter 1 (April to June)	47	44	3	0	0	12	9	16	10
Quarter 2 (July to September)	86	76	8	2	1	24	15	28	16
Quarter 3 (October to December)	65	59	6	0	0	18	6	29	12
Quarter 4 (January to March)	36	36	1	0	0	9	8	13	6
Total in FY 2023 to 2024	234	215	18	2	1	63	38	86	44

FY 2022 to 2023 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in FY 2022 to 2023

Quarter	Requests received	Response on time	Late response	No response	Full response	Partial response	Response refused	Requested information not held
Quarter 1 (April to June)	60	60	0	0	9	17	28	5
Quarter 2 (July to September)	61	56	5	0	11	19	20	11
Quarter 3 (October to December)	65	64	1	0	13	16	27	8
Quarter 4 (January to March)	57	55	2	0	16	11	18	12
Total in FY 2022 to 2023	243	235	8	0	49	63	93	36

FY 2021 to 2022 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in FY 2021 to 2022

Quarter	Requests received	Response on time	Late response	No response	Full response	Partial response	Response refused	Requested information not held
Quarter 1 (April to June)	67	65	2	0	13	10	36	8
Quarter 2 (July to September)	65	63	2	0	20	13	17	15
Quarter 3 (October to December)	58	56	2	0	18	12	21	7
Quarter 4 (January to March)	64	60	4	0	17	13	25	9
Total in FY 2021 to 2022	254	244	10	0	68	48	99	39

FY 2020 to 2021 FOI requests and responses

Number of Freedom of Information requests and responses in FY 2020 to 2021

Quarter	Requests received	Response on time	Late response	No response	Full response	Partial response	Response refused	Requested information not held
Quarter 1 (April to June)	54	49	5	0	23	12	13	6
Quarter 2 (July to September)	59	56	3	0	17	12	24	6
Quarter 3 (October to December)	68	68	0	0	14	18	25	11
Quarter 4 (January to March)	80	76	4	0	19	15	39	7
Total in FY 2020 to 2021	261	249	12	0	73	57	101	30

Subject Access Requests

Financial Year (FY) 2024 to 2025 Subject Access Requests

Number of Subject Access Requests in FY 2024 to 2025

Quarter	Number of requests	Extension Applied
Quarter 1 (April to June)	14	0
Quarter 2 (July to September)	9	0
Quarter 3 (October to December)	4	1
Quarter 4 (January to March)	7	1
Total in FY 2024 to 2025	27	2

FY 2023 to 2024 Subject Access Requests

Number of Subject Access Requests in FY 2023 to 2024

Quarter	Number of requests	Extension Applied
Quarter 1 (April to June)	7	0
Quarter 2 (July to September)	9	1
Quarter 3 (October to December)	7	1
Quarter 4 (January to March)	9	0
Total in FY 2023 to 2024	32	2

FY 2022 to 2023 Subject Access Requests

Number of Subject Access Requests in FY 2022 to 2023

Quarter	Number of requests	Extension Applied
Quarter 1 (April to June)	2	0
Quarter 2 (July to September)	5	0
Quarter 3 (October to December)	4	0
Quarter 4 (January to March)	11	1
Total in FY 2022 to 2023	22	1

FY 2021 to 2022 Subject Access Requests

Number of Subject Access Requests in FY 2021 to 2022

Quarter	Number of requests	Extension Applied
Quarter 1 (April to June)	9	1
Quarter 2 (July to September)	7	0
Quarter 3 (October to December)	10	1
Quarter 4 (January to March)	7	0
Total in FY 2021 to 2022	33	2

FY 2020 to 2021 Subject Access Requests

Number of Subject Access Requests in FY 2020 to 2021

Quarter	Number of requests	Extension Applied
Quarter 1 (April to June)	7	1
Quarter 2 (July to September)	13	1
Quarter 3 (October to December)	11	1
Quarter 4 (January to March)	15	3
Total in FY 2020 to 2021	46	6

Response appeals

Number of Response Appeals

Year	Internal review	Information Commissioner's Office complaint	First Tier Tribunal
2025	1	2	1
2024	12	6	0
2023	27	2	0
2022	51	10	3
2021	24	8	2
2020	26	3	1