Freedom of Information Statistics
KEYWORDS
Freedom of Information Statistics, FOI Statistics, Internal Review Statistics, IR Statistics, ICO statistics, NPCC statistics.
PUBLICATION NUMBER
PUB 1090
PUBLICATION STATEMENT
Please note that this information is correct as at 12th November and may be subject to change. Essex Police aim to review and update this publication 6 monthly
As with all publications of information by Essex Police, please note caveats may apply regarding the accuracy of data.
TITLE
Freedom of Information Statistics
DATE RANGE
1st January 2013- 12th November 2020
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Statistics regarding the number of FOIs received and completed.
RELATED DOCUMENTS/LINKS
FOI PUBLICATION
The number of FOI requests received by the force is provided as follows
|
FOI APPLICATION REQUESTS RECEIVED |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Totals |
|
|
2013 |
86 |
75 |
78 |
85 |
67 |
89 |
86 |
78 |
63 |
90 |
87 |
62 |
946 |
|
2014 |
110 |
89 |
117 |
76 |
81 |
71 |
102 |
109 |
91 |
100 |
109 |
87 |
1142 |
|
2015 |
111 |
127 |
120 |
83 |
81 |
106 |
111 |
109 |
97 |
108 |
114 |
97 |
1264 |
|
2016 |
157 |
132 |
130 |
135 |
102 |
82 |
107 |
117 |
98 |
134 |
108 |
91 |
1393 |
|
2017 |
132 |
132 |
146 |
134 |
107 |
84 |
115 |
118 |
128 |
136 |
119 |
100 |
1451 |
|
2018 |
140 |
96 |
116 |
139 |
138 |
114 |
147 |
141 |
111 |
157 |
127 |
81 |
1507 |
|
2019 |
151 |
144 |
153 |
127 |
121 |
112 |
116 |
106 |
110 |
138 |
103 |
66 |
1447 |
|
2020 |
161 |
111 |
81 |
83 |
50 |
91 |
106 |
88 |
91 |
100 |
37 |
0 |
999 |
The numbers of FOI requests during 2020 has reduced this is attributable to the COVID pandemic and to an increased number of publications accessible via https://www.essex.police.uk/foi-ai/af/accessing-information/
|
FOI APPLICATION RESPONSE SENT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Totals |
|
|
2013 |
61 |
81 |
46 |
58 |
72 |
52 |
78 |
45 |
95 |
151 |
118 |
61 |
918 |
|
2014 |
85 |
75 |
132 |
100 |
94 |
65 |
115 |
92 |
78 |
114 |
101 |
101 |
1152 |
|
2015 |
99 |
91 |
160 |
87 |
92 |
86 |
94 |
106 |
102 |
104 |
108 |
130 |
1259 |
|
2016 |
98 |
136 |
128 |
131 |
113 |
129 |
84 |
139 |
90 |
93 |
108 |
115 |
1364 |
|
2017 |
119 |
100 |
126 |
88 |
137 |
103 |
96 |
110 |
86 |
51 |
58 |
35 |
1109 |
|
2018 |
60 |
77 |
116 |
56 |
37 |
73 |
52 |
89 |
83 |
329 |
296 |
208 |
1476 |
|
2019 |
41 |
114 |
156 |
101 |
171 |
147 |
130 |
104 |
119 |
122 |
119 |
75 |
1399 |
|
2020 |
96 |
140 |
73 |
70 |
75 |
67 |
99 |
85 |
97 |
104 |
29 |
0 |
935 |
Essex Police self-reported performance issues in 2018 https://www.essex.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/foi-media/essex/other-information/foi-action-plan/foi-action-plan-2019.pdf , however since that date actions plans have improved performance. On the 20th January 2020 the ICO advised Essex Police that they were no longer required to provide monthly reports. https://www.essex.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/foi-media/essex/other-information/foi-action-plan/ico-foi-letter.pdf
Full details of monthly compliance rates including the number of internal reviews can be found via https://www.npcc.police.uk/documents/FoI%20publication/Peformance%20Stats/NPCC%20FOI%20Performance%20Stats.pdf