Freedom of Information statistics April - June 2005
The second quarterly report providing statistics on implementation of
the act across central government covers April to June 2005.
Executive summary
- Departments of State reported receiving a total of around 3,800 "non-routine" information
requests during the second quarter of 2005 ("quarter 2"). Other
monitored bodies received a total of around 4,600 requests. Across all
monitored bodies, around 8,400 requests were received, of which 89 per cent
had been
processed at the time of monitoring.
- During quarter 2, 88 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 of 20 working
days or were subject to a permitted deadline extension.
- Of all "resolvable" requests
received during quarter 2 (i.e. requests where a substantive response
was possible), 59 per cent were
granted in full, 12 per cent were withheld in part, and 19 per cent
were withheld
in full. The remaining requests had not yet received a substantive response.
- During
quarter 1 and quarter 2 combined, monitored bodies had a total of 806
requests referred for Internal Review on the grounds that information
was withheld. Of the 564 Internal Reviews with a known outcome at
the time of monitoring, 79 per cent resulted in the initial handling of
the request
being upheld in full.
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