Freedom of Information (FOI) Requests Statistics

Number of Requests Processed per Month from 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 1 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 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
January 2019	240	239	99%	10 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 2018 (CSV 444.24KB)

Disclosure Log 2017 (CSV 440.23KB)

Disclosure Log 2016 (CSV 420.34KB)

Disclosure Log 2005 - 2015 (XLSX 0.67MB)