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Please provide the following information concerning Freedom Of Information Act requests made to Devon And Cornwall Police during 2011.

- The number of requests received
- Number of responses provided within statutory timescales
- Number of responses provided outside statutory timescales

Thank you for your help.

Coran Archer

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Please provide the following information concerning Freedom Of Information Act requests made to Gloucestershire Constabulary during 2011.

- The number of requests received
- Number of responses provided within statutory timescales
- Number of responses provided outside statutory timescales

Hello Mr Archer,

Can you please clarify, are you asking for statistics on Freedom of Information requests made to Gloucestershire Constabulary in 2011? Your email mentions Devon and Cornwall Police.

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Michael Carstens
Assistant Disclosure Officer
Information Disclosure Unit /CIMB
Gloucestershire Constabulary
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Coran Archer left an annotation (11 January 2012)

CORRECTION:

Please provide the following information concerning Freedom Of Information Act requests made to Gloucestershire Constabulary during 2011.

- The number of requests received
- Number of responses provided within statutory timescales
- Number of responses provided outside statutory timescales

Gloucestershire Constabulary

Dear Mr Archer,

Enquiry Ref : 2012/3623

I acknowledge receipt of your enquiry, which we received on 11 January 2012, requesting information concerning:

Freedom Of Information Act requests made to Gloucestershire Constabulary during 2011.

- The number of requests received
- Number of responses provided within statutory timescales
- Number of responses provided outside statutory timescales

As set out by the Freedom of Information Act, it will be our aim to respond to your request by 08 February 2012. However, it may be that we need to seek further clarification or information from you. This will add to the time in which we are allowed to respond to your request, of which you will be advised, together with the likely timescale within which the response will be provided.

If you have any questions regarding your request please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Mr M Carstens

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Gloucestershire Constabulary

Dear Mr Archer,

Gloucestershire Constabulary Freedom of Information request 2011.3623

On the 11th January 2011 you sent a letter constituting a request under the Freedom of Information Act asking the following:

Please provide the following information concerning Freedom Of Information Act requests made to Gloucestershire Constabulary during 2011.

1. The number of requests received
2. Number of responses provided within statutory timescales
3. Number of responses provided outside statutory timescales

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 s1, I can confirm that the Gloucestershire Constabulary holds some relevant information.

1. In 2011 there were 632 requests received.
2 & 3. Please see below table.
*Please note the missing 17 requests in the period Oct – Dec are due to their deadline being in January 2012 and they are all currently within their 20 working day period.

2011 Jan - Mar Apr - Jun Jul - Sep Oct - Dec
Within 20 days 125 137 167 140
Over 20 days 7 2 9 4
Over 20 days due to PIT extension 1 0 0 4
Withdrawn 3 10 6 0
Total 136 149 182 165 *

Year Total
Within 20 days 569
Over 20 days 22
Over 20 days due to PIT extension 5
Withdrawn 19
Total 632*

This gives Gloucestershire a compliance rate of 95.5% for the year.

I hope this helps.

If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to ask that we review your case under our internal procedure.

If you decide to request that such a review is undertaken and following this process you are still unsatisfied, you then have the right to direct your complaint to the Information Commissioner for consideration.

If we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Miss J Baynes
Information Disclosure Officer
Gloucestershire Constabulary

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