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FOI request (FOIR-838286891)
Subject Access Requests
Requested Fri 15 May 2026
Responded Wed 27 May 2026I would like to request the following information regarding how your organisation manages its statutory obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and UK GDPR (Subject Access Requests abbreviated as SAR):
Management of Freedom of Information Requests:
- For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of FOI requests received?
- For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of FOI requests responded to within the statutory timeframe?
- Please confirm whether the requests for FOI are managed by a centralised team (Information Governance/GDPR/Data Protection) or by individual departments/service areas or a Hybrid model (please describe briefly if hybrid)
- Please provide the number of staff members (FTE/PTE if available) dedicated to handling FOI requests.
Management of Subject Access Requests:
- For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of SAR requests received?
- For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of SAR requests responded to within the statutory timeframe?
- Please confirm whether the requests for SAR are managed by a centralised team (Information Governance/GDPR/Data Protection) or by individual departments/service areas or a Hybrid model (please describe briefly if hybrid)
- Please provide the number of staff members (FTE/PTE if available) dedicated to handling SAR requests.
- The total number of DP requests, FOI and SARs in the last three years.
Response
Freedom of Information request data is held in calendar years:
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2023 - 758
2024 - 828
2025 - 951
2.
2023 - 650
2024 - 710
2025 - 776
3. Centralised - Information Governance
4. 1TFE however, Freedom of Information is only part of this role
Management of Subject Access Requests:
1.
2023/24 - 16
2024/25 - 18
2025/26 - 30
2.
2023/24 - 16
2024/25 - 18
2025/26 - 30
3. Centralised
4. 1 FTE - SARs are only part of this role
5.
FOI requests - 2537
Subject Access Request (SAR's) - 64
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