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Number of Freedom of Information Requests Since 23rd of March

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Dear Sheffield City Council,

I would like to request information on the number of freedom of information (FOI) requests made to Sheffield city (SCC) council during the Covid19 pandemic. Specifically I would like to know:

a) how many FOI requests were received by SCC per week starting from and including the week of the 23rd of March 2020 up to and including the week commencing the 22nd of June.

b) how many FOI requests were individually responded to by SCC per week starting from and including the week of the 23rd of March 2020 up to and including the week commencing the 22nd of June.

b) how many FOI requests were awaiting a response by SCC per week starting from and including the week of the 23rd of March 2020 up to and including the week commencing the 22nd of June.

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

Best wishes,
Logan Robin

FOI, Sheffield City Council

Thank you for your email.

 

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the handling of information rights
requests including; data protection, freedom of information and
environmental information regulations, is temporarily suspended.

 

Requests will continue to be logged, but they will not be progressed
whilst Local Authority resources focus on the delivery of key services in
the city.

You will receive an acknowledgement email in the next few days which will
include the reference number for your request.

 

Existing requests will be answered where possible. However, it may not be
possible to complete all requests at this time.

 

For further information about compliance in handling Information Requests
during the COVID-19 pandemic, you can visit the Information Commissioner’s
Office website: [1]http://www.ico.org.uk/

 

Kind regards

 

Information Management Team

Sheffield City Council

PO Box 1283,

Sheffield

S1 1UJ

 

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FOI, Sheffield City Council

Dear Logan Robin,

 

Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Number of
Freedom of Information (FOI) requests made to Sheffield City Council
during the Covid-19 pandemic which we received on 29/06/2020.

 

This has been logged as a Freedom of Information Request, and will be
dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act.  The reference number for
your request can be found above.

 

The Freedom of Information Act states that we must respond to you within
20 working days, therefore, you should expect to hear a response from us
by 27/07/2020.

 

While we endeavour to fulfil statutory deadlines, due to the current
pandemic situation there may be delays due to resourcing shortages. We
will try to provide updates where possible.

 

In the meantime, if you have any queries please, contact us at the email
address below.

 

Thank you.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sheffield City Council

PO Box 1283

Sheffield, S1 1UJ

Email: [1][Sheffield City Council request email]

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FOI, Sheffield City Council

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Dear Logan Robin,

 

Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Number of
Freedom of Information (FOI) requests made to Sheffield City Council
during the Covid-19 pandemic which we received on 28/06/2020.

 

Please find attached Sheffield City Council’s response to your request.

 

If you have any queries about this response, please do not hesitate to
contact us.

 

The information provided in this response is available for re-use under
the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0. The terms of the OGL can be
found [1]here. When re-using the information, Sheffield City Council
requires you to include the following attribution statement: “Contains
public sector information obtained from Sheffield City Council and
licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

 

If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your
request, you are entitled to have this reviewed. You can ask for an
internal review by either writing to the above address or by emailing
[2][Sheffield City Council request email]. Internal review requests should be submitted
within 40 working days from the date of this response.

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of your internal review, you
can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office. Please see
[3]www.ico.org.uk for further details.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Sheffield City Council

PO Box 1283

Sheffield, S1 1UJ

Email: [4][Sheffield City Council request email]

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