LGOIMA Request Details

Date Received:10/01/2024
Date Responded:19/01/2024
Requested Information:How many requests for LGOIMA did the council receive in the year 2023? How many were handled within the Statutory timeframe of 20 working days? Out of all responses how many were made publicly available? How many requests were refused on the grounds of "frivolous or vexatious or that the information requested is trivial" and were people informed that their requests for information were refused under Section 17 (h) LGOIMA?
Response:
The information you have requested is below.  
1. How many requests for official information (LGOIMA) did the Council receive in the year 2023? 91 
2. How many of them were handled within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days? 
All were handled within the 20 working day timeframe. 
3. Out of all responses to requests for official information in 2023, how many of them were made publicly available (e.g. on your website)?  All responses are published on our website, however during the year 2023 there was 1 withheld from the website due to privacy. 
4. How many of all the requests for official information in 2023 were refused on the grounds that these requests were "frivolous or vexatious or that the information requested is trivial" (see Section 17 (h) of Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987)?  
None. 
5. Were the people informed that their requests for information were refused under Section 17 (h) LGOIMA?  N/A however it is our policy to always advise when information is withheld and under which Section of the Act we do so. 

Status:Complete