FOI Administration Info
Dear Rushmoor Borough Council,
I would like to make an FOI request for the following pieces of information:
1. How many people are employed to deal with FOI?
2. What is the budget for administering FOI?
3. Do you use case management software for FOI? If so, which one?
4. Do you publish a disclosure log?
If not all information is available, please treat questions individually.
Yours faithfully,
Alex Parsons
Good Morning
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which we received on 26 June.
It has been forwarded to the relevant officer for processing within 20 working days of receipt and you may be contacted again if we require any further information.
Kind regards
FOI Team
Rushmoor Borough Council
Farnborough Road
Farnborough
Hants
GU14 7JU
Dear Mr Parsons
Thank you for your freedom of information request which we received on 26
June. Please see our response in red below:-
1. How many people are employed to deal with FOI? – 0 (we have 2 staff who
deal with FOI’s but this is included within their job role, they are not
specifically employed for FOI’s)
2. What is the budget for administering FOI? – We do not have a budget
3. Do you use case management software for FOI? If so, which one? - No
4. Do you publish a disclosure log? - No
I hope that this answers your question satisfactorily, but if you are
unhappy with the reply you have received, I attach a link to the Council’s
Complaints Procedure, which is the means by which you may request the
Council to review it.
[1]http://www.rushmoor.gov.uk/article/3323/...
Alternatively a printed copy of the Comments and Complaints Leaflet is
available if you wish.
If, following a review you are still dissatisfied, you can ask the
Information Commissioner to decide whether your request for information
has been dealt with in accordance with the legislation. The address is:
FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 745
08456 30 60 60
Fax: 01625 524 510
An online complaints form is available on the ICO website at
[2]www.ico.org.uk
Kind regards
FOI Team
Rushmoor Borough Council
Dear Mr Parsons
Thank you for your freedom of information request which we received on 26
June. Please see our response below:-
1. What period do you record FOI statistics in? Financial Year/Calendar
Year/Other? - Calendar
2. How many FOI requests have you received? (if this figure includes EIR
requests, please state) – 658
3. The number of requests where the information was granted? - 597
4. The number of requests where the information was entirely withheld (no
information provided)? - 61
5. The number of requests where the information was partially withheld
(some, but not all information requested, provided)? - 1
6. How many requests were completed inside the statutory deadline? - 568
7. How many requests were appealed to internal review? - 1
8. How many decisions were upheld at internal review? - 1
9. How many FOI decisions have been appealed to the ICO? - 0
10. How many decisions were upheld by the ICO? – N/A
11. How many vexatious requests were received? - 0
I hope that this answers your question satisfactorily, but if you are
unhappy with the reply you have received, I attach a link to the Council’s
Complaints Procedure, which is the means by which you may request the
Council to review it.
[1]http://www.rushmoor.gov.uk/article/3323/...
Alternatively a printed copy of the Comments and Complaints Leaflet is
available if you wish.
If, following a review you are still dissatisfied, you can ask the
Information Commissioner to decide whether your request for information
has been dealt with in accordance with the legislation. The address is:
FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 745
08456 30 60 60
Fax: 01625 524 510
An online complaints form is available on the ICO website at
[2]www.ico.org.uk
Kind regards
FOI Team
Rushmoor Borough Council