Please provide the information for the period 1 January 2025 to the date of this request. The information may be provided as aggregated totals only; no request-level or personal data is required.
1. The total number of FOI requests received.
2. The total number of EIR requests received.
3. The number of FOI requests responded to within 20 working days.
4. The number of FOI requests responded to late (after 20 working days).
5. The number of FOI requests where a response took longer than 20 working days due to the lawful application of a qualified exemption and the associated public interest test under section 10(3) FOIA.
6. The number of EIR requests responded to within 20 working days.
7. The number of EIR requests responded to late (after 20 working days), excluding any lawful extensions under regulation 7 EIR.
8. The number of EIR requests where the response period was lawfully extended beyond 20 working days under regulation 7(1) EIR due to complexity or volume.
9. The total number of internal review requests received.
10. The number of internal reviews completed within 20 working days.
11. The number of internal reviews completed late (after 20 working days).
12. The number of internal reviews that exceeded the 40 working day maximum permit-ted under regulation 11(4) EIR and the FOIA Section 45 Code of Practice.
13. The number of FOI and/or EIR cases escalated to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
14. Of those cases, how many resulted in:
- a recorded breach of statutory timescales, or
- informal resolution due to late compliance by the council.
15. A list of FOIA exemptions relied upon during this period, together with the number of times each exemption was applied.
16. A list of EIR exceptions relied upon during this period, together with the number of times each exception was applied.
17. Whether the council records and monitors FOI/EIR response timeliness centrally (Yes/No).
18. Whether any internal performance targets exist for FOI/EIR handling beyond statutory requirements (Yes/No).
Please provide the information in a simple table or spreadsheet format.