The seventh quarterly report providing statistics on implementation of the Act across central government covers July to September 2006. They were published on 19 December 2006.
Departments of State reported receiving slightly over 4,100 “non-routine” information requests during the third quarter of 2006 (Q3). Other monitored bodies received around 3,500 requests. These totals include 150 requests handled under the amended Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs).
During Q3 of 2006, 93 per cent of all monitored bodies’ requests (excluding those “on hold” or lapsed) were “in time”, in that they were processed within the statutory deadline or were subject to a permitted deadline extension.
Of all “resolvable” requests received during Q3 of 2006, 61 per cent were granted in full. Of the remaining requests, 14 per cent of the total were withheld in part, 19 per cent were withheld in full, and the remaining 6 per cent had not yet received a substantive response.
In the first, second and third quarters of 2006, monitored bodies had a cumulative total of 853 requests referred for Internal Review. Of the 629 Internal Reviews with a known outcome at the time of monitoring, 75 per cent resulted in the request’s initial handling being upheld in full.
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