Issue - meetings

Issue - meetings

Freedom ofInformation Act Requests 1 October 2018 to 31 March 2019

Meeting: 30/07/2019 - Audit Committee (Item 4)

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Report of the Group Head of Democracy and Governance

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The committee received a report of the Group Head of Democracy and Governance which included details of the Freedom of Information requests for the last six months of 2018/19.

 

The Group Head of Democracy and Governance responded to questions from the committee.  She advised that services were reminded to respond to Freedom of Information requests within the specified time limit.  If the person did not receive a response within 20 working days they could make a complaint to the Information Commissioner.  Within the appendix ‘N/A’ meant that the ‘Date responded’ was not available.  She assured the committee that she had spoken to the relevant Head of Service.

 

The Head of Finance stated that her service had responded to the requests, although some of them were late.

 

Further to another question about response rates, the Group Head of Democracy and Governance commented that the number not available was worse than the previous report and there had been fewer requests during the last six months.  She believed that some services had not informed the Customer Service Centre, who collated the information, that responses had been sent.  This would mean the overall statistics may be better than they appeared in the report.

 

The Group Head of Democracy and Governance explained the process officers followed in responding to Freedom of Information requests.

 

RESOLVED –

 

that the report be noted.


 

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