| Statistic | Apr - Jun | Jul - Sep | Oct - Dec | Jan - Mar | Annual total |
|---|
| Number of freedom of Information (FOI) requests received |
324 |
317 |
325 |
398 |
1364 |
| Number of environmental Information (EIR) requests |
720 |
753 |
735 |
667 |
2875 |
| Total number of FOI and EIR requests received |
1044 |
1070 |
1060 |
1065 |
4239 |
| Number of requests that took 20 working days or less |
986 |
996 |
1027 |
920 |
3929 |
| Number of requests processed within 25 working days |
1004 |
1008 |
1035 |
987 |
4034 |
| Number of FOI requests not answered within 20 working |
44 |
72 |
54 |
145 |
315 |
| Number of EIR requests not answered within 20 working |
14 |
2 |
1 |
|
17 |
| Number of requests where 20 working days deadline extended as permitted in legislation - clarification |
20 |
12 |
18 |
15 |
65 |
| Number of requests where 20 working days deadline extended as permitted in legislation - public interest test |
4 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
21 |
| Number of requests where a fee was charged |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Number of requests refused in full because SCC does not hold information |
59 |
65 |
77 |
89 |
290 |
| Number of requests refused because requests considered vexatious |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Number of request refused due to repeated requests |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Number of requests refused as costs would exceed the 'appropriate' limit |
11 |
26 |
10 |
9 |
56 |
| Number of FOI requests refused under sections 22 - 44 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
27 |
| Percentage of requests answered within 20 working days |
94 |
93 |
97 |
86 |
93 |
| Percentage of requests answered within 25 working days |
96 |
94 |
98 |
93 |
95 |