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Impact of Covid-19 on FOI responsiveness E&W

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Dr Karen Mc Cullagh

Dear Sir/Madam,

1. For the period 16th March – 17th July 2020 (i.e., when ICO had indicated a sympathetic approach to delay), provide precise data if available e.g., 15 out of 30 requests, and if not, provide an estimate e.g., 10%, for these questions:
(a) how many responses to FOI requests were issued within 20 working days of receipt by your organisation?
(b) how many responses to FOI review requests were issued within 20 working days of receipt of the request for an internal review?
(c) how many responses to FOI requests were issued within 21 and 60 working days of receipt by your organisation?
(d) how many responses to FOI review requests were issued within 21 and 60 working days of receipt of the request for an internal review?

2. For the period 18th July – 8th October 2020 (i.e., during the ‘preparing for recovery’ phase), provide precise data if available e.g., 15 out of 30 requests, and if not, provide an estimate e.g., 10%, for these questions:
(a) how many responses to FOI requests were issued within 20 working days of receipt by your organisation?
(b) how many responses to FOI review requests were issued within 20 working days of receipt of the request for an internal review?
(c) how many responses to FOI requests were issued within 21 and 60 working days of receipt by your organisation?
(d) how many responses to FOI review requests were issued within 21 and 60 working days of receipt of the request for an internal review?

3. During the period 1st March to 30th October 2020, provide precise data if available e.g., 15 out of 30 requests, and if not, provide an estimate e.g., 10%, for these questions:
(a) how many responses to FOI requests were issued more than 60 working days after receipt of the request?
(b) how many responses to FOI review requests were issued more than 60 working days after receipt of a request for an internal review?

4. When FOI request or review responses were issued more than 21 working days after receipt during the period 1st March and 30th October 2020, what were the main reasons for the delay? e.g., closure of premises due to Covid-19, reallocation of resources due to Covid-19, staff shortages due to Covid-19, absence of key staff due to Covid-19, limited access to necessary systems due to Covid-19, other issue related/unrelated to Covid19.

5. In relation to the FOI requests received by your organisation between 1st March and 30th October 2020, what proportion related directly to Covid-19, your organisation's Covid-19 response or impact of the pandemic on your organisation? (Provide precise data if available e.g., 15 out of 30 requests, and if not, provide an estimate e.g., 10%)

6. On 17th July 2020 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched a self-assessment Freedom of Information toolkit (FOI self-assessment toolkit | ICO) to help public authorities respond to FOI requests as they prepared to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
- Does, or has your organisation ever, use/d the toolkit? If so, please explain whether it has it had any positive outcomes.
- If your organisation has not/does not make use of the toolkit, please explain why not.

7. In response to Covid19, has the volume of information your organisation publishes:
- not changed
- significantly increased
- significantly decreased
- don’t know

8. Has your organisation taken steps to proactively publish information relating to Covid-19, your organisation's Covid-19 response or the impact of the pandemic on your organisation? If it includes a dedicated webpage, please provide a link to the webpage.

If you wish to contact me for more information before responding, please see my contact details below.

Thank you for your time and effort in responding to these questions.

Yours faithfully,

Karen

Dr Karen Mc Cullagh, Lecturer in Law
UEA Law School, 205 Earlham Hall, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ

Research webpage: https://www.karenmccullagh.co.uk/covid-1...
About me: https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/per...

FOI Team, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

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Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received 10^th June
2022.  If we require any clarification or further details from you in
order to deal with your request, we will contact you as soon as possible,
if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact this team.

 

FOI Team

[1][Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

 

Croesewir gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a byddwn yn ymdrin â gohebiaeth Gymraeg
a Saesneg i’r un safonau ac amserlenni

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and will deal with Welsh and English
correspondence to the same standards and timescales.

 

If you would like to use Welsh when dealing with the Council please click
[2]here

Os hoffech ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg wrth ddelio â'r Cyngor os gwelwch yn dda
cliciwch [3]yma

 

 

 

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol
ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os
ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person
a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad
yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith
wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

 

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neu eich sefydliad, peidiwch ag agor unrhyw ddogfennau a allai fod yn
atodedig a rhowch wybod i anfonwr yr e-bost yn unol â hynny, gan gadarnhau
y byddwch yn dileu'r e-bost ar unwaith ynghyd ag unrhyw ddogfennau
atodedig a rhoi cadarnhad nad oes un o'r dogfennau wedi'u hagor.

 

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FOI Team, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

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Dear Madam,

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information request of the 10^th June 2022 and
apologise for the delay in our reply .  Neath Port Talbot County Borough
Council’s answers to your questions can be found in the attached
spreadsheet.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the response to your request, under the
Authority's FOI Policy, you may appeal in writing setting out the reasons
why you think the decision is erroneous, to the Authority's Monitoring
Officer at the following address:-

 

Head of Legal & Democratic Services & Monitoring Officer

Civic Centre

Port Talbot

SA13 1PJ

FOI Team

[1][Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

 

In the event that you appeal and are dissatisfied with that response, you
may then appeal direct to the Information Commissioner, whose address is:

 

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

SK9 5AF.

            

Yours faithfully

FOI Team

[2][Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council request email]

 

 

Croesewir gohebiaeth yn y Gymraeg a byddwn yn ymdrin â gohebiaeth Gymraeg a
Saesneg i’r un safonau ac amserlenni.

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and will deal with Welsh and English
correspondence to the same standards and timescales.

 

Os hoffech ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg wrth ddelio â'r Cyngor os gwelwch yn dda
cliciwch [3]yma
If you would like to use Welsh when dealing with the Council please click
[4]here

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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol
ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os
ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn mewn camgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r person
a anfonodd yr e-bost ar unwaith. Hefyd, sylwer nad oes unrhyw sicrwydd nad
yw'r e-bost hwn neu unrhyw ymgysylltiad yn rhydd o firws ac nad yw chwaith
wedi'i ryng-gipio na'i newid.

Os na fydd yr e-bost a/neu ei gynnwys wedi ei fwriadu ar eich cyfer chi
neu eich sefydliad, peidiwch ag agor unrhyw ddogfennau a allai fod yn
atodedig a rhowch wybod i anfonwr yr e-bost yn unol â hynny, gan gadarnhau
y byddwch yn dileu'r e-bost ar unwaith ynghyd ag unrhyw ddogfennau
atodedig a rhoi cadarnhad nad oes un o'r dogfennau wedi'u hagor.

 

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended
solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are
addressed.  If you have received this email in error, please notify the
sender immediately. Please note also that there is no guarantee that this
email or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted or
amended.

In the event that this email and/or its contents are not intended for you
or your organisation, please do not open any documents that may be
attached and advise the sender of the email accordingly, confirming that
you shall forthwith delete the email together with any documents attached
and provide confirmation that none of the documents have been opened.

 

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