FOIA statistics

The University publishes details of our performance on handling requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).  

We publish these statistics quarterly, in line with best practice recommendations in the Freedom of Information Code of Practice. 

Contact foi@uea.ac.uk for more information about the University’s Information Compliance work.  

2019 Jan-Mar April-June July - Sept Oct - Dec Annual Total
Requests received 99 83 138 98 418
Outstanding requests from this period 0 0 0 0 0
Avg. no. of working days taken to respond 15 15 13 16 14
Requests where deadline was extended, or where statutory deadline was exceeded 1 1 2 5 9
Requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements 2 0 1 5 8
Requests handled informally as 'Business as Usual' 5 1 1 0 7
Requests withdrawn by requester 1 2 5 0 8
Requests where information was disclosed in full 48 38 75 50 211
Requests where information was refused in full, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held 11 14 13 11 49
Requests where information was not held at all 3 0 7 7 17
Requests where information was supplied in part where held     22 19 26 14 81
Number of requests where information was disclosed in part and refused in part (Partially withheld) 7 9 9 11 36
2020 Jan-Mar April-June July - Sept Oct - Dec Annual Total
Requests received 86 49 100 96 332
Outstanding requests     0 4 0 1 0
Avg. no. of working days taken to respond 14 14 15 16 14
Requests where deadline was extended, or where statutory deadline was exceeded 0 2 5 7 9
Requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements 3 5 2 1 11
Requests handled informally as 'Business as Usual' 1 0 1 0 2
Requests withdrawn by requester 1 2 0 0 3
Requests where information was disclosed in full 38 20 48 61 167
Requests where information was refused in full, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held 12 4 14 9 39
Requests where information was not held at all 5 2 4 2 13
Requests where information was supplied in part where held     12 7 20 9 48
Number of requests where information was disclosed in part and refused in part (Partially withheld) 13 5 10 14 42

 

2021 Jan-Mar April-June July - Sept Oct - Dec Annual Total
Requests received 94 105 100 73 372
Outstanding requests     0 0 6 0 6
Avg. no. of working days taken to respond 15 17 15 16 16
Requests where deadline was extended, or where statutory deadline was exceeded 4 10 6 0 20
Requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements 1 3 0 0 4
Requests handled informally as 'Business as Usual' 0 0 1 0 1
Requests withdrawn by requester 2 0 2 0 4
Requests where information was disclosed in full 52 46 48 32 178
Requests where information was refused in full, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held 16 12 8 12 48
Requests where information was not held at all 2 2 3 1 8
Requests where information was supplied in part where held     10 24 27 11 72
2022 Jan-Mar April-June July - Sept Oct - Dec Annual Total
Requests received 94 75 111 88 367
Outstanding requests     0 1 0 5 6
Avg. no. of working days taken to respond 16 15 14 13 14.5
Requests where deadline was extended, or where statutory deadline was exceeded 6 2 4 3 15
Requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements 1 0 2 1 4
Requests handled informally as 'Business as Usual' 3 6 1 4 14
Requests withdrawn by requester 4 2 1 0 7
Requests where information was disclosed in full 40 30 58 34 162
Requests where information was fully withheld due to exemptions, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held  9 7 7 2 25
Requests where information was not held at all – request refused due to information not being held 5 2 5 7 19
Requests where information was supplied in part where held     19 12 25 19 75
Requests where information was disclosed in part and refused in part - partially withheld 11 14 10 12 47
2023 Jan-Mar April-June July - Sept Oct - Dec Annual Total
Requests received 95 91 132 85 404
Outstanding requests     0 0 0 3 3
Avg. no. of working days taken to respond 13.8 14.2 14.9 9.85 13.4
Requests where deadline was extended, or where statutory deadline was exceeded 4 6 9 4 23
Requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements 4 4 4 9 25
Requests handled informally as 'Business as Usual' 1 1 1 1 4
Requests withdrawn by requester 0 1 0 1 2
Requests where information was disclosed in full 30 33 54 25 142
Requests where information was fully withheld due to exemptions, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held  13 8 9 8 38
Requests where information was not held at all – request refused due to information not being held 8 7 16 10 41
Requests where information was supplied in part where held     19 12 26 14 71
Requests where information was disclosed in part and refused in part - partially withheld 11 23 18 11 63
2024 Jan-Mar April-June July - Sept Oct - Dec Annual Total
Requests received          
Outstanding requests              
Avg. no. of working days taken to respond          
Requests where deadline was extended, or where statutory deadline was exceeded          
Requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements          
Requests handled informally as 'Business as Usual'          
Requests withdrawn by requester          
Requests where information was disclosed in full          
Requests where information was fully withheld due to exemptions, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held           
Requests where information was not held at all – request refused due to information not being held          
Requests where information was supplied in part where held              
Requests where information was disclosed in part and refused in part - partially withheld