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    • FOI request (FOIR-838286891)

      Subject Access Requests

      Requested Fri 15 May 2026
      Responded Wed 27 May 2026

      I 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: 

      1. For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of FOI requests received?
      2. For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of FOI requests responded to within the statutory timeframe?
      3. 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)
      4. Please provide the number of staff members (FTE/PTE if available) dedicated to handling FOI requests.

      Management of Subject Access Requests: 

      1. For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of SAR requests received?
      2. For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of SAR requests responded to within the statutory timeframe?
      3. 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)
      4. Please provide the number of staff members (FTE/PTE if available) dedicated to handling SAR requests.
      5. 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:

      1.

      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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