Department for Education: Freedom of Information
(asked on 10th February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many freedom of information requests were (a) granted and (b) refused by her Department in each of the last five years.
The Government publishes statistics on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 within central government, including on the numbers of requests granted and refused. These can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics
Year | Requests received | Resolvable requests [1] | Resolvable requests granted in full | Fully withheld | Partially withheld |
2010 | 880 | 733 | 549 (75%) | 113 | 60 |
2011 | 1,149 | 937 | 590 (63%) | 186 | 122 |
2012 | 1,309 | 1,038 | 686 (66%) | 182 | 139 |
2013 | 1,759 | 1,354 | 931 (69%) | 256 | 148 |
2014 | 1,745 | 1,307 | 803 (61%) | 347 | 155 |
2015 (Q1 to Q3) | 1,548 | 1,143 | 687 (60%) | 195 | 213 |
[1] 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.