https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics.<\/a><\/p> <\/p>
These statistics, which cover all Government departments, include the number that were not answered within the target time. They are published by calendar year, with the latest year being 2023. The annual statistics for 2024 will be published in April 2025 but quarterly statistics may be available sooner.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken by his Department to respond to a freedom of information request was in each of the last five years; how many and what proportion of such requests his Department did not answer within the target time in each of those years; and how many such requests to his Department had not been answered within the target time as of 1 May 2024.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1657142", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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The Department takes steps to promote good practice and maintain good response times through the provision of expert advice, staff training and regular performance reporting.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps their Department is taking to improve the response time to FOI requests.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Department does not hold statistics on the average time taken to respond to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.<\/p>
<\/p>
Performance figures for the 2022-23 financial year are published in the Department\u2019s annual report and accounts which show that it responded to 95% of information requests within statutory deadlines.<\/p>"}
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The Department is conducting a public interest test regarding the release of this information and plans to have a final response with the Member as soon as possible.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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The Department\u2019s records show that between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021, of the 2,512 requests we received that were made under the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations, 167 were referred to the Cabinet Office for advice on handling.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2021 to Question 21939, on Department for Transport: Freedom of Information, how many freedom of information requests his Department has referred to the central Cabinet Office Clearing House for advice on handling in the year 2020-21.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost, as we do not have a central record of referrals to the clearing house over this period.<\/p>"}
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My Department does not operate a red, amber and green rating system for categorising Freedom of Information requests according to their presentational sensitivity.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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Freedom of Information requests are responded to by the most appropriate person in the Department, based on the subject matter of the request. This means that any member of staff may be responsible for answering requests, which are allocated to them on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>"}
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I refer the hon. Member to my Answer of 24 March to UIN 68270.<\/p>"}
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Freedom of Information statistics are Official Statistics and are governed by the standards set out by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) in their Code of Practice. To publish information outside of the release timetable would be a breach of Protocol 2 of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.<\/p>
<\/p>
The latest FOI statistics were published in December 2016 and are available at:<\/p>
<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-july-to-september-2016--2<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
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