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Freedom of Information: Complaints

Volume 459: debated on Wednesday 2 May 2007

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many complaints under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been awaiting allocation to a case officer of the Information Commissioner’s Offices (ICO) for (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months and (d) longer, broken down by ICO (i) regional offices and (ii) teams; and if she will make a statement. (134506)

As of 31 March 2007 the number of complaints under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 awaiting allocation to a case officer at the Information Commissioner’s Office, broken down by time and team, was as detailed in the following table.

Time period/team

Belfast

Cardiff

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Team 4

Team 5

Team 6

Total

0 to three months

8

19

23

15

51

25

65

36

242

Three to six months

3

0

9

23

19

19

21

27

121

Six to nine months

1

0

12

20

18

18

11

23

103

Nine months +

15

0

12

37

37

6

8

32

147

Total for team

27

19

56

95

125

68

105

118

613

Sector

Team name

Health and Transport

Team 1

Education, Police and Justice

Team 2

Central Government 1

Team3

Local Government 1 (North)

Team 4

Local Government 2 (South)

Team 5

Central Government Millbank

Team 6