FOISA statistics

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Dear Edinburgh College,

Please supply me with the following information under FOISA:

Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please advise year on year how many FOISA requests your Institution has received.

Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please advise year on year how many FOISA requests have been responded to within the legislative time frame!

Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please advise year on year how many FOISA requests went to internal review stage?

Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please advise year on year how many FOISA requests surpassed internal review and went to be considered for appeal/investigation by the Scottish Information Commissioners office?

Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please advise year on year how many FOISA requests are currently pending investigation by SIC?

Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please advise year on year how many FOISA requests have been settled without an award made by the SIC?

Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please advise year on year how many FOISA requests that the SIC awarded in the requestors favour?

Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please advise year on year how many FOISA requests that the SIC awarded in your institution's favour?

Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please advise year on year how many FOISA requests that the SIC partially upheld.

I would be grateful for this information in electronic format.

Yours faithfully,

Paulette Manning

Edinburgh College Freedom of Information, Edinburgh College

Dear Ms Manning

 

Our Ref: 062/16/17

 

We are in receipt of your request for information under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and will respond by 07 November 2017.

 

Kind regards

FOI Team

 

Edinburgh College Freedom of Information, Edinburgh College

Dear Ms Manning

 

Our Ref: 062/16/17

 

As of 1 October 2012, Edinburgh’s Telford College, Jewel & Esk College and
Stevenson College merged to create a single college called Edinburgh
College.

 

We refer to your request for information dated 10 October 2017. The
College has considered your request as a request for information under
section 1 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (“FOISA”):

 

062/16/17 (1): Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please
advise year on year how many FOISA requests your Institution has received.

 

The college provides quarterly FOISA and EIRs (Environmental Information
(Scotland) Regulations 2004) statistics to the Scottish Information
Commissioner. The information you have requested is publically available
on the Scottish Information Commissioner’s website:
[1]https://stats.itspublicknowledge.info/

 

062/16/17 (2): Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please
advise year on year how many FOISA requests have been responded to within
the legislative time frame!

 

Please see response to 062/16/17 (1).

 

062/16/17 (3): Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please
advise year on year how many FOISA requests went to internal review stage?

 

Please see response to 062/16/17 (1).

 

062/16/17 (4): Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please
advise year on year how many FOISA requests surpassed internal review and
went to be considered for appeal/investigation by the Scottish Information
Commissioners office?

 

All decisions made by the Scottish Information Commissioner are publically
available on their website:
[2]https://itspublicknowledge.info/Applicat...

 

062/16/17 (5): Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please
advise year on year how many FOISA requests are currently pending
investigation by SIC?

 

One investigation is currently outstanding.  

 

062/16/17 (6): Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please
advise year on year how many FOISA requests have been settled without an
award made by the SIC?

 

Since January 2017, 3 applications for decision by the Scottish
Information Commissioner have been with withdrawn.

 

062/16/17 (7): Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please
advise year on year how many FOISA requests that the SIC awarded in the
requestors favour?

 

Please see response to 062/16/17 (4).

 

062/16/17 (8): Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please
advise year on year how many FOISA requests that the SIC awarded in your
institution's favour?

 

Please see response to 062/16/17 (4).

 

062/16/17 (9): Since the start of AY2013/14 until present date please
advise year on year how many FOISA requests that the SIC partially upheld.

 

Please see response to 062/16/17 (4).

 

Edinburgh College is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA) 2002. If you are dissatisfied with this
response, you may ask the college to review this decision. To do this,
please contact the Head of Corporate Development at the postal address
below or e-mail the Head of Corporate Development at
[3][email address] describing your original request and
explaining your grounds for dissatisfaction. (Please include in your
review request, your name and home address for correspondence).

 

You have 40 working days from receipt of this letter to submit a review
request to:

 

Head of Corporate Development

4th Floor

Edinburgh College (Milton Road Campus)

24 Milton Road East

Edinburgh

EH15 2PP

 

When the review process has been completed and if you are still
dissatisfied, you may ask the Scottish Information Commissioner to
intervene.

 

The Commissioner’s online appeal service is available from their website:
[4]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

 

The  online appeal service is available 24/7 and offers you real time help
and advice about your appeal.

 

You must appeal to the Commissioner within six months of receiving the
review decision.

 

You also have the right to appeal to the Court of Session on a point of
law following a decision of the Commissioner.

 

Regards

FOI Team

 

 

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