FI16897
Request
I would like to request the following information regarding how your organisation manages its statutory obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and UK GDPR (Subject Access Requests abbreviated as SAR):
Management of Freedom of Information Requests:
- For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of FOI requests received?
- For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of FOI requests responded to within the statutory timeframe?
- Please confirm whether the requests for FOI are managed by a centralised team (Information Governance/GDPR/Data Protection) or by individual departments/service areas or a Hybrid model (please describe briefly if hybrid)
- Please provide the number of staff members (FTE/PTE if available) dedicated to handling FOI requests.
Management of Subject Access Requests:
- For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of SAR requests received?
- For each of the last three financial years, please provide the number of SAR requests responded to within the statutory timeframe?
- Please confirm whether the requests for SAR are managed by a centralised team (Information Governance/GDPR/Data Protection) or by individual departments/service areas or a Hybrid model (please describe briefly if hybrid)
- Please provide the number of staff members (FTE/PTE if available) dedicated to handling SAR requests.
Response
Management of Freedom of Information Requests:
1. 2023/24: 1,146, 2024/25: 1,118 and 2025/26: 1,107
2. 2023/24: 1,126, 2024/25: 1,091 and 2025/26: 1,069 (18 remain open and within the statutory time limit for a response)
3. Centralised team.
4. 1 FTE.
Management of Subject Access Requests:
1. 2023/24: 67, 2024/25: 89 and 2025/26: 101
2. 2023/24: 65, 2024/25: 85 and 2025/26: 97 (four remain open and within the statutory time limit for a response)
3. Centralised team.
4. 0.6 FTE.