Totals for Subject Access Requests and FOI Section 40(1) Exemptions in 2016

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Dear Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council,

I would like to make an FOI request for the following pieces of information:

1) How many Subject Access Requests did you receive in the year Jan 1st 2016 to Dec 31st 2016 (or your equivalent business/financial year), and;

2) How many FOI Section 40(1) exemptions did you employ during this same time period?

Yours faithfully,

Nick Jackson

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Jackson

I am writing to respond to your recent request for information. This
request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The response to your request is detailed below.

1) How many Subject Access Requests did you receive in the year Jan 1st
2016 to Dec 31st 2016 (or your equivalent business/financial year).

1.1.16 – 31.12.16 – 99

 

2) How many FOI Section 40(1) exemptions did you employ during this same
time period?   2

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