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Information Governance

FOI Compliance Statistics

The University publishes statistics relating to the handling of requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA2000). This is in accordance with the Freedom of Information Code of Practice 2018.

We publish these statistics quarterly.

2023 January-March April-June July-Sept Oct-Dec
Number of requests received 56 63 71 43
Requests not processed 0 1 1 0
Average number of working days taken to respond 15 14 14 18
Requests processed in full 21 24 24 20
Number of requests where deadline was extended, or where processing took longer than the statutory deadline 5 5 8 9
Number of requests refused in full 16 16 22 15
Number of requests where information was not held at all 6 4 7 2
Number of requestsgranted in part and refused in part, including where part of the information was not held 11 12 9 4
Withdrawn by requestor 2 5 6 2
Requests referred for internal review (published annually in January for preceding academic year) 9
2022 January-March April-June July-Sept Oct-Dec
Number of requests received 64 48 52 39
Requests not processed 0 0 2 0
Average number of working days taken to respond 18 18 13 12
Requests processed in full 21 22 18 21
Number of requests where deadline was extended, or where processing took longer than the statutory deadline 15 7 4 2
Number of requests refused in full 18 13 19 12
Number of requests where information was not held at all 10 3 5 4
Number of granted in part and refused in part 7 8 6 0
Withdrawn by requestor 8 2 3 2
Requests referred for internal review (published annually in January) 8
2021 January-March April-June July-Sept Oct-Dec
Number of requests received 84 65 52 50
Requests not processed 0 0 1 0
Average number of working days taken to respond 13 16 15 14
Requests processed in full 32 20 16 17
Number of requests where deadline was extended, or where processing took longer than the statutory deadline 2 5 3 10
Number of requests refused in full 29 18 21 19
Number of requests where information was not held at all 6 1 4 1
Number of granted in part and refused in part 14 21 6 11
Withdrawn by requestor 3 5 4 2
Requests referred for internal review (published annually in January) 9

Previous statistics

2020 January-March April-June July-Sept Oct-Dec
Number of requests received 82 72 93
Requests not processed 1 0 0
Average number of working days taken to respond 10 14 16
Requests processed in full 46 28 42
Number of requests where deadline was extended, or where processing took longer than the statutory deadline 1 1 3
Number of requests refused in full 14 14 21
Number of requests where information was not held at all 5 2 4
Number of granted in part and refused in part 12 24 15
Withdrawn by requestor 4 4 1
Requests referred for internal review (published annually in January) 2 2 3
2019 January-March April-June July-Sept Oct-Dec
Number of requests received 94 89 88
Requests not processed 0 0 0
Average number of working days taken to respond 12 12 12
Requests processed in full 29 36 31
Number of requests where deadline was extended, or where processing took longer than the statutory deadline 2 2 2
Number of requests refused in full 11 15 13
Number of requests where information was not held at all 10 11 8
Number of granted in part and refused in part 42 34 32
Withdrawn by requestor 2 3 4
Requests referred for internal review (published annually in January) 1 2 2

For further information about FOI at Teesside University, email foi@tees.ac.uk or telephone: 01642 384020.

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