FOI Statistics for 2017

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Dear Horsham District Council,

I would like to make an FOI request about the following statistics in the previous annual period. If figures are recorded in calendar year this would be 2017, if financial year 2017-18. If available in both, I would prefer calendar for comparison to central government FOI statistics.

1. What period do you record FOI statistics in? Financial Year/Calendar Year/Other?
2. How many FOI requests have you received? (if this figure includes EIR requests, please state)
3. The number of requests where the information was granted?
4. The number of requests where the information was entirely withheld (no information provided)?
5. The number of requests where the information was partially withheld (some, but not all information requested, provided)?
6. How many requests were completed inside the statutory deadline?
7. How many requests were appealed to internal review?
8. How many decisions were upheld at internal review?
9. How many FOI decisions have been appealed to the ICO?
10. How many decisions were upheld by the ICO?
11. How many vexatious requests were received?

If not all information is available, please treat questions individually.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Parsons

Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2000 / Environmental Information
Regulations (EIR) 2004 / Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018

Thank you for your information request which is being dealt with under the
terms of the relevant legislation.

FOI and EIR requests will be answered within twenty working days. EIR
requests may require an extension of time to 40 working days where the
complexity and volume of the information requested means that it is
impracticable either to comply with the request within the earlier period
or to make a decision to refuse to do so.

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within 1 month, unless the request is a complex one requiring the Council
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will be answered within 10 working days.

If you have any queries about this request please contact us via
[Horsham District Council request email] quoting the reference number in the subject line of
this email.

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Team

FOI, Horsham District Council

FOI 2682

 

Dear Alex Parsons

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 Response

 

Further to our acknowledgement we can now respond to your request for
information dated 26/06/2018 asking about FOI Statistics for the year
2017.

 

We have dealt with your request in accordance with ‘your right to know’
under section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), which
entitles you to be provided with a copy of any information ‘held’ by a
public authority, unless an appropriate exemption applies.

 

In your email of 26/06/2018 you asked the following questions, responses
are provided in blue:

 

I would like to make an FOI request about the following statistics in the
previous annual period. If figures are recorded in calendar year this
would be 2017, if financial year 2017-18. If available in both, I would
prefer calendar for comparison to central government FOI statistics.
1. What period do you record FOI statistics in? Calendar Year

2. How many FOI requests have you received? The Council has applied the
exemption under section 21 of the FOIA 2000. Information accessible to
applicant by other means.

 

Section 21 FOIA states:

(1) Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise
than under section 1 is exempt information.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—

(a) information may be reasonably accessible to the applicant even though
it is accessible only on payment, and

(b) information is to be taken to be reasonably accessible to the
applicant if it is information which the public authority or any other
person is obliged by or under any enactment to communicate (otherwise than
by making the information available for inspection) to members of the
public on request, whether free of charge or on payment.

In accordance with the Council’s duty to advise and assist requestors
under Section 16 of the FOIA I have provided the link to the published
disclosure log where the requested information can be found by reading the
published responses for the year 2017. To view responses for 2017 use the
drop down arrow to scroll to the year 2017
[1]https://horsham.axlr8.uk/disclosureLogYe...

 

3. The number of requests where the information was granted?  Please see
response to question 2. The information can be found by reading the
published responses.

 

4. The number of requests where the information was entirely withheld (no
information provided)? Please see response to question 3. The information
can be found by reading the published responses.

5. The number of requests where the information was partially withheld
(some, but not all information requested, provided)? Please see response
to question 3. The information can be found by reading the published
responses.

 

6. How many requests were completed inside the statutory deadline? Please
see response to question 2. The information can be found by scrolling down
to the year 2017 and looking at the number of requests in the over target
column.

 

7. How many requests were appealed to internal review? 19

8. How many decisions were upheld at internal review? 11

9. How many FOI decisions have been appealed to the ICO? The Council has
applied the exemption under section 21 of the FOIA 2000 as quoted above in
the answer to question 2.

In accordance with the Council’s duty to advise and assist requestors
under Section 16 of the FOIA I have provided the link to the ICO website
where the requested information can be found by typing in the search
details – Horsham District Council [2]https://ico.org.uk/

 

10. How many decisions were upheld by the ICO? Please see response to
question 9 above

11. How many vexatious requests were received? 0

 

If you wish to re-use the information supplied for any purpose other than
personal or non-commercial use you will need to make a written application
to the relevant department of the Council or author of the material
concerned.

 

Any information which you receive which is not subject to Horsham District
Council copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the
person, or organisation, from which the information originated. You must
ensure that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party
(non HDC) information.

 

If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to request a review of
our decision or make a complaint about how your request has been handled
you should write to The Reviewing Officer, Legal & Democratic Services,
Parkside, Chart Way, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1RL or by email to
[3][Horsham District Council request email]

 

Your request for internal review should be submitted to us within 40
working days of receipt by you of this response.  Any such request
received after this time will be considered at the discretion of the Legal
Services team.

 

If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your
request or review has been dealt with correctly, you have the right to
appeal to the Information Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, SK9 5AF.  Further details of this process are available on the
ICO website at [4]www.ICO.org.uk

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Information Governance Team [8]Horsham
District
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