Freedom of Information
(asked on 3rd November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Freedom of Information requests her Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
Quarterly and annual statistics on Freedom of Information requests received by the Department for Education, including the number of requests in which all requested information was released in full, is set out in the table below. This information is published online at:
www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics
Year | Requests received | Resolvable requests [1] | Resolvable requests granted in full |
2010 | 880 | 733 | 549 (75%) |
2011 | 1,149 | 937 | 590 (63%) |
2012 | 1,309 | 1,038 | 686 (66%) |
2013 | 1,759 | 1,354 | 931 (69%) |
2014 (Q1 and Q2) | 961 | 710 | 399 (56%) |
[1] Resolvable – requests in which it was possible to give a substantive decision on whether to release the information being sought; for example, excluding requests where the information sought was not held or further clarification was necessary.