Freedom of Information (FOI) Requests Statistics

Here you will find the number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests processed per month since 2016.

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 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. 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
January 2020	190	184	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
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

Freedom of Information Requests 2019 (PDF 388.29KB)

Freedom of Information Request Costs 2019 (PDF 386.41KB)

Disclosure Log

Disclosure Log 2019 (CSV 463.28KB)

Disclosure Log 2018 (CSV 456.52KB)

Disclosure Log 2017 (CSV 440.23KB)

Disclosure Log 2016 (CSV 420.34KB)