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    • FOI request (FOIR-397501005)

      Total FOI requests

      Requested Mon 31 January 2022
      Responded Thu 03 February 2022

      Please can I request that you supply me with the following information:

      1. The number of total FOI requests the council has received in:

      a. 2020-21

      b. 2019-20

      c. 2018-19

      d. 2017-18

      e. 2016-17

      2. The number of total FOI requests the council has approved in:

      a. 2020-21

      b. 2019-20

      c. 2018-19

      d. 2017-18

      e. 2016-17

      3. The number of total FOI requests the council has declined in:

      a. 2020-21

      b. 2019-20

      c. 2018-19

      d. 2017-18

      e. 2016-17

      4. The number of total FOI requests the council has declined for the reasons of absolute exemptions in:

      a. 2020-21

      b. 2019-20

      c. 2018-19

      d. 2017-18

      e. 2016-17

      5. The number of total FOI requests the council has declined for the reasons of qualified exemptions in:

      a. 2020-21

      b. 2019-20

      c. 2018-19

      d. 2017-18

      e. 2016-17


      Response

      Statistics that are held run from January to December rather than April to March.

      Q1:

      2016 - 813

      2017 - 843

      2018 - 982

      2019 - 884

      2020 - 760

      2021 - 732

      Q2:

      2016 - 812

      2017 - 843

      2018 - 982

      2019 - 884

      2020 - 760

      2021 - 731

      Q3:

      2016 - 1

      2017 - 0

      2018 - 0

      2019 - 0

      2020 - 0

      2021 - 1

      Q4:

      The following figures reflect the request being refused in full by the use of an absolute exemption.

      2016 - 12

      2017 - 2

      2018 - 3

      2019 - 0

      2020 - 1

      2021 - 2

      The following figures reflect the request being partly refused by the use of an absolute exemption.

      2016 - 88

      2017 - 99

      2018 - 84

      2019 - 89

      2020 - 75

      2021 - 65

      Q5:

      2016 - 48

      2017 - 34

      2018 - 47

      2019 - 49

      2020 - 34

      2021 - 39

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