Freedom of Information (FOI) Requests Statistics

Here you will find the number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests processed per month since 2018

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 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 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
April 2023	197
March 2023	230	197	86%	18 days
February 2023	200	179	90%	18 days
January 2023	194	171	88%	18 days
December 2022	147	133	90%	16 days
November 2022	191	165	86%	20 days
October 2022	156	130	83%	21 days
September 2022	132	114	86%	16 days
August 2022	199	181	91%	18 days
July 2022	186	166	89%	18 days
June 2022	167	144	86%	18 days
May 2022	190	162	85%	15 days
April 2022	195	174	89%	15 days
March 2022	212	190	90%	16 days
February 2022	185	158	85%	15 days
January 2022	180	156	87%	16 days
December 2021	157	136	87%	17 days
November 2021	207	171	83%	19 days
October 2021	186	161	87%	18 days
September 2021	169	148	89%	21 days
August 2021	196	167	85%	17 days
July 2021	169	138	82%	24 days
June 2021	169	147	87%	17 days
May 2021	141	107	76%	16 days
April 2021	168	134	80%	18 days
March 2021	171	126	74%	25 days
February 2021	186	150	81%	20 days
January 2021	145	129	89%	18 days
December 2020	158	121	77%	22 days
November 2020	167	141	84%	20 days
October 2020	185	157	85%	22 days
September 2020	176	144	82%	21 days
August 2020	151	140	93%	16 days
July 2020	168	148	88%	21 days
June 2020	140	127	91%	15 days
May 2020	107	93	87%	20 days
April 2020	114	105	92%	18 days
March 2020	127	112	88%	27 days
February 2020	173	158	87%	20 days
January 2020	188	163	97%	14 days
December 2019	145	130	90%	15 days
November 2019	198	187	94%	13 days
October 2019	224	207	92%	16 days
September 2019	176	163	93%	15 days
August 2019	204	181	89%	16 days
July 2019	214	195	91%	14 days
June 2019	164	153	93%	14 days
May 2019	176	163	93%	17 days
April 2019	174	166	95%	15 days
March 2019	191	182	95%	13 days
February 2019	159	151	95%	12 days
January 2019	244	230	94%	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