The Section 45 Code of Practice states that public authorities with over 100 full time equivalent employees should, as a matter of best practice, publish details of their performance on handling requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
The following data includes requests received under both the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations.
Performance statistics
Q3 (October 2025 - December 2025)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 205
- Number currently open - 43
- Number closed - 162
- Number met within timeframe - 162
- % met within timeframe - 100%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 14
- Number currently open - 1
- Number closed - 13
- Number met within timeframe - 12
- % met within timeframe - 92%
Subject Access Requests
- Number received - 2
- Number met within timeframe - 2
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Previous performance statistics
Q2 (July 2025 - September 2025)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 235
- Number currently open - 22
- Number closed - 213
- Number met within timeframe - 208
- % met within timeframe - 98%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 13
- Number currently open - 1
- Number closed - 12
- Number met within timeframe - 12
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Subject Access Requests
- Number received - 4
- Number met within timeframe - 4
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Q1 (April 2025 - June 2025)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 155
- Number currently open - 32
- Number closed - 123
- Number met within timeframe - 120
- % met within timeframe - 98%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 6
- Number met within timeframe - 5
- % met within timeframe - 83%
Subject Access Requests
- Number received - 4
- Number met within timeframe - 4
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Q4 (January 2025 - March 2025)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 201
- Number met within timeframe - 196
- % met within timeframe - 99%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 3
- Number met within timeframe - 3
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Subject Access Requests
- Number received - 5
- Number met within timeframe - 3
- % met within timeframe - 60%
Q3 (October 2024 - December 2024)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 161
- Number met within timeframe - 160
- % met within timeframe - 99%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 2
- Number met within timeframe - 0
- % met within timeframe - 0%
Subject Access Requests
- Number received - 4
- Number met within timeframe - 4
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Q2 (July 2024 - September 2024)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 179
- Number met within timeframe - 171
- % met within timeframe - 96%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 3
- Number met within timeframe - 3
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Subject Access Requests
- Number received - 1
- Number met within timeframe - 1
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Q1 (April 2024 - June 2024)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 187
- Number met within timeframe - 180
- % met within timeframe - 96%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 4
- Number met within timeframe - 4
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Subject Access Requests
- Number received - 1
- Number met within timeframe - 1
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Q4 (January 2024 - March 2024)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 141
- Number met within timeframe - 140
- % met within timeframe - 99%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 4
- Number met within timeframe - 4
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Subject Access Requests
- Number received - 3
- Number met within timeframe - 3
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Q3 (October 2023 - December 2023)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 97
- Number met within timeframe - 92
- % met within timeframe - 95%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 9
- Number met within timeframe - 9
- % met within timeframe - 100
Subject Access Requests
- Number received - 1
- Number met within timeframe - 1
- % met within timeframe - 100
Q2 (July 2023 - September 2023)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 144
- Number met within timeframe - 139
- % met within timeframe - 97%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 10
- Number met within timeframe - 10
- % met within timeframe - 100
Subject Access Requests
- Number received - 3
- Number met within timeframe - 3
- % met within timeframe - 100%
Q1 (April 2023 - June 2023)
FOI Requests
- Number received - 151
- Number met within timeframe - 146
- % met within timeframe - 97%
EIR Requests
- Number received - 3
- Number met within timeframe - 3
- % met within timeframe - 100
Subject access requests
- Number received - 1
- Number met within timeframe - 1
- % met within timeframe - 100
2021-2023 performance statistics
- Information request performance statistics 2022-23 (pdf 91 kb)
- Information request performance statistics 2021-22 (pdf 25 kb)