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Freedom of Information (FOI) Requests Statistics

Here you will find the number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests processed per month since 2012.

Everyone has the right to request information held by any local authority. In most cases you will be sent the requested information within 20 working days. Sometimes information may be exempt from disclosure. There are a number of exemptions set out in the Freedom of Information Act (for example, if the requested information includes personal information).

The following table gives a breakdown of the number of requests received per month, plus the number and percentage of requests processed within the legal time frame according to FOI request 20 working days, EIR requests 20 working days and Subject Access Request one calendar month.  The table also includes the average number of days it takes to answer a request.

At the bottom of the page you will find the Authorities Public Disclosure Logs for 2005 - 2015 and then for 2016, 2017 and 2018. The Disclosure Log will be updated every year.

Information produced from the Authorities official recording system.

Month Number of Requests FOI’s, EIR’s SAR’s Answered within the legal time frame 20/30 Working Days % Answered within the legal time frame 20/30 Average number of days to answer a Request
June 2019 162
May 2019 176 167 95% 15 days
April 2019 174 168 97% 14 days
March 2019 191 185 97% 12 days
February 2019 159 152 96% 12 days
January 2019 244 232 95% 14 days
December 2018 117 117 100% 9 days
November 2018 192 188 98% 10 days
October 2018 182 176 97% 10 days
September 2018 158 150 95% 13 days
August 2018 200 186 93% 15 days
July 2018 210 195 93% 12 days
June 2018 188 181 96% 12 days
May 2018 200 185 93% 14 days
April 2018 194 184 95% 12 days
March 2018 166 154 93% 15 days
February 2018 177 165 93% 13 days
January 2018 194 193 99% 11 days
December 2017 107 100 93% 14 days
November 2017 176 158 90% 17 days
October 2017 173 165 95% 15 days
September 2017 175 168 96% 12 days
August 2017 189 174 92% 13 days
July 2017 169 150 89% 12 days
June 2017 169 163 96% 9 days
May 2017 189 180 95% 10 days
April 2017 156 143 92% 11 days
March 2017 187 175 94% 13 days
February 2017 189 176 93% 12 days
January 2017 203 197 98% 11 days
December 2016 152 143` 94% 12 days
November 2016 207 191 92% 11 days
October 2016 153 146 97% 10 days
September 2016 136 127 94% 11 days
August 2016 145 136 94% 12 days
July 2016 163 155 95% 13 days
June 2016 171 160 94% 15 days
May 2016 172 156 91% 14 days
April 2016 157 147 94% 14 days
March 2016 198 167 84% 17 days
February 2016 149 121 81% 17 days
January 2016 155 137 88% 16 days
December 2015 106 94 87% 15 days
November 2015 168 140 83% 16 days
October 2015 151 125 83% 17 days
September 2015 146 132 90% 16 days
August 2015 155 128 83% 21 days
July 2015 167 147 88% 16 days
June 2015 168 149 89% 13 days
May 2015 127 116 91% 14 days
April 2015 161 149 93% 16 days
March 2015 177 162 92% 15 days
February 2015 143 127 89% 15 days
January 2015 152 126 83% 16 days
December 2014 136 120 88% 14 days
November 2014 136 120 88% 14 days
October 2014 159 144 91% 14 days
September 2014 132 115 87% 16 days
August 2014 164 141 86% 16 days
July 2014 154 128 83% 17 days
June 2014 129 115 89% 16 days
May 2014 134 116 87% 17 days
April 2014 160 144 90% 15 days
March 2014 144 122 85% 17 days
February 2014 180 164 91% 14 days
January 2014 187 174 93% 14 days
December 2013 128 115 90% 16 days
November 2013 216 187 87% 18 days
October 2013 167 145 87% 17 days
September 2013 112 78 70% 15 days
August 2013 112 78 70% 15 days
July 2013 145 117 81% 14 days
June 2013 98 96 98% 14 days
May 2013 113 99 88% 18 days
April 2013 145 131 90% 15 days
March 2013 110 104 95% 15 days
February 2013 108 101 94% 16 days
January 2013 130 125 96% 14 days
December 2012 75 71 95% 15 days
November 2012 102 99 97% 16 days
October 2012 111 108 97% 14 days
September 2012 122 116 95% 14 days
August 2012 122 116 95% 14 days
July 2012 115 107 93% 15 days
June 2012 105 103 98% 14 days
May 2012 115 115 100% 13 days
April 2012 110 109 99% 14 days
March 2012 136 132 97% 14 days
February 2012 120 116 97% 18 days
January 2012 114 113 99% 15 days
Freedom of Information Requests 2018 (PDF 93.49KB)
Freedom of Information Request Costs 2018 (PDF 88.40KB)

Disclosure Log

Disclosure Log 2018 (CSV 444.24KB)
Disclosure Log 2017 (CSV 440.23KB)
Disclosure Log 2016 (CSV 420.34KB)
Disclosure Log 2005 - 2015 (XLSX 0.67MB)