Oxford City Council's Response to FOI Requests
Dear Oxford City Council,
This request relates to calendar years 2020 to 2021, 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to the date this FOI request was enacted upon.
Please provide answers in a spreadsheet format for every period defined above the following information:
1. The number of FOI request received and the means by which they were submitted, i.e., by letter, email, submitted using the Oxford City Council (OCC) website, or the What Do They Know (WDTK) website.
2. The number of FOI requests (total number and expressed as a percentage) responded to within the statutory 20 working days.
3. How many of the FOI requests (total number and expressed as a percentage) were still not answered at all, beyond an acknowledgement, after 40 working days from the date of submission?
4. How many of the FOI requests (total number and expressed as a percentage) were not answered at all, beyond an acknowledgement, after 120 working days from the date of submission?
5. Please identify the reasons FOI requests submitted to Oxford City Council were never answered, beyond an acknowledgement, after 120 working days from the date of the submission.
6. How many internal reviews have been requested (total number and expressed as a percentage).
7. How many FOI requests (total number and expressed as a percentage)submitted to Oxford City Council have been referred to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)?
8. If an FOI request is submitted via the OCC website or by letter, does the Council have a disclosure policy where these FOI requests and answers can be viewed by the public?
9. Does OCC use any case management software to manage FOI requests? If so, please provide details.
Yours faithfully,
Marc Beckett
Dear Marc Beckett
Oxford City Council – Reference: 11405
Thank you for your email below. Your request was received on 22 August
2022 and you will be sent a response within 20 working days (of receipt)
in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000/ Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), subject to the information not being
exempt or containing reference to a third party.
Due to an unprecedented volume of Freedom of Information Requests
currently, it is likely that some requests may go beyond the 20 working
days. We are working as hard as possible to respond in a timely manner,
but we feel it is better to keep requestors informed in advance.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | SAC 3.8 | Oxford City
Council | St Aldates Chambers | 109-113 St. Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1DS
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Dear Oxford City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Oxford City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Oxford City Council's Response to FOI Requests'.
This FOI request was originally submitted on 22 August 2022 and has not yet been responded to.
Please give this request your immediate attention, otherwise a complaint will be submitted to the ICO.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/o...
Yours faithfully,
Marc Beckett
Dear Marc Beckett,
Re: Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council – Reference: 11405
Our sincere apologies for the significant delay in replying to your
request, and any resulting inconvenience caused. Further to the
acknowledgement below, please see attached response to your Freedom of
Information Act 2000 request, which we received on 22^nd August 2022.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
| Freedom of Information Team | Law & Governance | Oxford City Council |
St Aldates Chambers | St Aldates | Oxford | OX1 1DS |
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<[FOI #889305 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Oxford City Council's
Response to FOI Requests Ref 11405
Dear Marc Beckett
Oxford City Council – Reference: 11405
Thank you for your email below. Your request was received on 22 August
2022 and you will be sent a response within 20 working days (of receipt)
in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000/ Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), subject to the information not being
exempt or containing reference to a third party.
Due to an unprecedented volume of Freedom of Information Requests
currently, it is likely that some requests may go beyond the 20 working
days. We are working as hard as possible to respond in a timely manner,
but we feel it is better to keep requestors informed in advance.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | SAC 3.8 | Oxford City
Council | St Aldates Chambers | 109-113 St. Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1DS
Website: [1]www.oxford.gov.uk | Follow us on Twitter:
[2]www.twitter.com/OxfordCity | Like us on Facebook:
[3]www.facebook.com/OxfordCityCouncil
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