FOI Requests      

FOI REFERENCE:  24405  FOI DATE:  7^th October 2024    

Request:

1. Number of Freedom of Information requests received.
2. Percentage that were sent out on time.
3. Number of which were sent back for internal review
4. Number of which were referred to the ICO.
5. Number of staff that you had in the year to process Freedom of Information requests. (if this changed throughout the year, please can we request the total number budgeted for and the average number actually in post)

Please can this be broken down into the following years.

1. 1^st April 2022 – 31^st March 2023
2. 1^st April 2023 – 31^st March 2024
3. 1^st April 2024 – to date

Response:

	2022 – 2023	2023 -2024	1st April 2024 – 16 Oct 2024
Number of Freedom of Information requests received	710	879	440
Percentage that were sent out on time	99%	99%	100%
Number of which were sent back for internal review	0	4	2
Number of which were referred to the ICO.	0	1	0
Number of staff that you had in the year to process	Band 5 – 0.4WTE Band 8 – 0.1WTE	Band 5 – 0.4WTE Band 8 – 0.1WTE	Band 5 – 0.4WTE Band 8 – 0.1WTE