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Freedom of Information and EIR performance data

2025-26 Performance Statistics

Quarter 2


Category	Freedom of Information Requests	Environmental Information Regulations requests
Total requests received	250	59
Total open requests	205	55
Total closed	251	66
Closed within timescale	229	60
Closed outside statutory timescale	7	4
Closed with permitted extension	15	2
Total internal reviews received	15	1
Requests with a stopped clock for clarification	16	4
Information granted in full	197	59
Information withheld in full	45	6
Information was partially provided	9	1

Quarter 1


Category	Freedom of Information Requests	Environmental Information Regulations requests
Total requests received	201	53
Total open requests	40	17
Total closed	220	47
Closed within timescale	187	43
Closed outside statutory timescale	32	4
Closed with permitted extension	1	1
Total internal reviews received	9	0
Requests with a stopped clock for clarification	9	5
Information granted in full	192	39
Information withheld in full	28	7
Information was partially provided	0	1

Quarter 1 2024 (does not include Children’s Department data)

Data perfformiad
Category	Freedom of Information requests	Environmental Information Regulations requests
Total Requests Received	283	13
Total Open Requests	50	2
Total requests closed	296	16
Close Within Timescale	222	13
Closed outside statutory timescale	66	2
Closed with a permitted Extension	8	1
Total internal reviews received	4	0
Requests with a stopped clock for clarification	16	1
Information was granted in full	257	15
Information was withheld in full	14	0
Information was partially provided	19	1

Quarter 2 2024 Performance Statistics

Q2
Category	Freedom of Information requests	Environmental Information Regulations requests
Total Requests Received	236	15
Total Open Requests	16	0
Total requests closed	258	17
Closed Within Timescale	185	11
Closed outside statutory timescale	66	5
Closed with a permitted Extension	7	1
Total internal reviews received	3	1
Requests with a stopped clock for clarification	10	2
Information was granted in full	218	15
Information was withheld in full	6	0
Information was partially provided	33	2

Quarter 3 2024 Performance Statistics

Quarter 3
Category	Freedom of Information requests	Environmental Information Regulations requests
Total Requests Received	275	6
Total Open Requests	49	4
Total requests closed	300	7
Closed Within Timescale	212	2
Closed outside statutory timescale	81	4
Closed with permitted Extension	7	1
Total internal reviews received	2	1
Requests with a stopped clock for clarification	5	0
Information was granted in full	244	7
Information was withheld in full	7	0
Information was partially provided	48	0

Quarter 4 2024 Performance Statistics


Category	Freedom of Information requests	Environmental Information Regulations requests
Total Requests Received	253	33
Total Open Requests	73	13
Total requests closed	222	18
Closed Within Timescale	176	14
Closed outside statutory timescale	41	3
Closed with permitted Extension	5	1
Total internal reviews received	7	0
Requests with a stopped clock for clarification	6	3
Information was granted in full	199	15
Information was withheld in full	8	0
Information was partially provided	13	3