Question ref. S5W-14205
Date lodged: 30 January 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many FOI requests it (a) received, (b) answered and (c) answered on time in each month in 2017, also broken down by type of requester.
Current status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 5 February 2018
Answer
a) Number of requests received in 2017
|
January |
221 |
|
February |
243 |
|
March |
314 |
|
April |
236 |
|
May |
187 |
|
June |
284 |
|
July |
254 |
|
August |
242 |
|
September |
205 |
|
October |
416 |
|
November |
293 |
|
December |
151 |
b) Number of requests answered each month in 2017
|
January |
165 |
|
February |
208 |
|
March |
297 |
|
April |
202 |
|
May |
240 |
|
June |
233 |
|
July |
284 |
|
August |
224 |
|
September |
198 |
|
October |
246 |
|
November |
355 |
|
December |
278 |
c) Number of were answered on time each month in 2017
|
January |
176 |
79% |
|
February |
166 |
76% |
|
March |
204 |
77% |
|
April |
168 |
64% |
|
May |
174 |
70% |
|
June |
170 |
89% |
|
July |
256 |
94% |
|
August |
214 |
89% |
|
September |
189 |
92% |
|
October |
212 |
87% |
|
November |
291 |
80% |
|
December |
230 |
93% |
The Scottish Government issued answers to 355 requests in November, which was 43% more than the monthly average since the Commissioner’s intervention began in April, of 248.
d) Requests lodged each month of 2017 broken down by type of requester
|
|
Elected representative |
Individual |
Media |
Organisation |
Other |
Researcher |
Solicitor |
|
January |
5 |
94 |
51 |
30 |
3 |
28 |
10 |
|
February |
11 |
122 |
33 |
27 |
1 |
39 |
10 |
|
March |
7 |
132 |
22 |
42 |
7 |
97 |
7 |
|
April |
5 |
109 |
34 |
27 |
2 |
54 |
5 |
|
May |
2 |
98 |
47 |
18 |
1 |
13 |
8 |
|
June |
25 |
103 |
39 |
36 |
10 |
61 |
10 |
|
July |
20 |
114 |
40 |
33 |
5 |
31 |
11 |
|
August |
5 |
115 |
47 |
34 |
7 |
30 |
4 |
|
September |
8 |
89 |
26 |
24 |
6 |
41 |
11 |
|
October |
7 |
118 |
44 |
25 |
5 |
204 |
12 |
|
November |
10 |
106 |
43 |
22 |
6 |
98 |
8 |
|
December |
5 |
66 |
22 |
21 |
4 |
27 |
6 |
|
Total |
110 |
1266 |
448 |
339 |
57 |
723 |
102 |