Norman Baker PQ reveals backlog at ICO

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Written Answer 27/02/06

Norman Baker (Lewes, LDem) Hansard source

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many appeals have been received by the Information Commissioner in each month since the coming into force of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and in each month how many have (a) been determined and allowed in whole, (b) been determined and allowed in part, (c) been determined and refused and (d) not yet been determined

Harriet Harman (Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs) Hansard source

The answer to this question is set out in the two following tables: (1) Number of cases received per month and number of cases yet to be determined per month; (2) Number and status of cases closed by month of receipt and information on cases which have been closed by informal resolution.

Table 1: Number of cases received per month and number of cases yet to be determined per month

	Cases received per month	Cases yet to be determined per month
January	19	1
February	134	26
March	212	56
April	290	105
May	252	113
June	203	114
July	273	164
August	243	184
September	232	177
October	191	147
November	185	121
December	152	66
January 2006	183	99
Total	2,569	1,373

Table 2: Number and status of cases closed by month of receipt

	Status of closed case
	Allowed in whole	Allowed in part	Refused	Informally resolved	Total
January	3	—	11	4	18
February	3	2	80	23	108
March	8	8	79	61	156
April	15	6	81	83	185
May	13	4	59	63	139
June	4	2	50	33	89
July	5	—	74	30	109
August	3	—	36	20	59
September	4	1	33	17	55
October	—	—	32	12	44
November	1	—	43	20	64
December	—	—	58	28	86
January 2006	—	1	60	23	84
Total	59	24	696	417	1,196