Will the Minister confirm how many FOI requests were made to the Welsh Government from 1 January 2015 to date, and of those how many were not responded to within 20 working days, broken down by year?
|
Year |
Requests Received |
Not responded to within 20 working days |
|
2015 |
899 |
154 |
|
2016 |
885 |
153 |
|
2017 |
787 |
169 |
|
2018 |
934 |
127 |
|
2019 |
734 |
86 |
|
2020 |
984 |
210 |
|
2021 |
1147 |
218 |
Notes:
Figures produced on 16.03.2022.
Figures for the years 2015 to 2020 have been obtained from that year’s Annual Report.
Requests include all types (FOIA; EIRs; Mixed; DPA).
Requests not responded to within 20 working days includes requests completed within the statutory deadline (where there has been a lawful extension beyond 20 working days) as well as requests completed late and requests that are active beyond their 20 working day deadline.