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.  

2018 Jan - April May-August September to December Annual Total (% of total in brackets)
Number of requests received 101 112 95 308
Number of outstanding requests from this period 0 0 0 0
Averag number of working days taken to respond 15 14 15 14
Number of requests where deadline was extended, or where processing took longer than statutory deadline 1 5 7 13 (4%)
Number of requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements 2 1 4 7 (2%)
Number of requests withdrawn by requester 1 3 1 5 (2%)
Number of requests where information was disclosed in full 55 43 43 141 (46%)
Number of requests where information was refused in full, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held 12 16 8 35 (12%)
Number of requests where information was not held at all 2 3 6 11 (4%)
Number of requests where information was supplied in part where held 19 22 5 46 (15%)
Number of requests where information was disclosed in part and refused in part 10 24 28 62 (20%)

 

2019 January - April May - August September - December Annual Total (% of total in brackets)
Number of requests received 130 154 134 418
Number of utstanding requests for this period 0 0 0 0
Average number of working days taken to respond 15 13 14 14
Requests where deadline was extended, or where processing took longer than statutory deadline   1 (+4 partial responses) 2 (+8 partial responses) 5 (+4 partial responses) 8/16 (2%/4%)
Number of requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements 3 1 5 9 (2%)
Number of requests handled informally as 'Business as Usual' 5 1 4 10 (2%)
Number of requests withdrawn by requester 1 7 0 8 (2%)
Number of requests where information was disclosed in full 65  73 73 211 (51%)
Number of requests where information was refused in full, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held 16 19 30 48 (12%)
Number of requests where information was not held at all 3 3 11 17 (4%)
Number of requests where information was supplied in part where held 30 33 18 81 (20%)
Number of requests where information was disclosed in part and refused in part 7 16 13 36 (9%)

 

2020 January-March April-June Jul-September October-December Annual total
Number of requests received 86 49 100 96 332
Number of outstanding requests for this period 0 4 0 1 N/A
Average number of working days taken to respond 14 14 15 16 14
Number of requests where deadline was extended, or where processing took longer than statutory deadline 0 2 5 7 14
Number of requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements 3 5 2 1 11
Number of requests handled informally as 'Business as Usual' 1 0 1 0 2
Number of requests withdrawn by requester 1 2 0 0 3
Number of requests where information was disclosed in full 38 20 48 61 167
Number of requests where information was refused in full, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held 12 4 14 9 39
Number of requests where information was not held at all 5 2 4 2 13
Number of 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 13 5 10 14 42

 

2021 Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-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
Number of requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements 1 3 0 0 4
Number of requests handled informally as 'Business as Usual' 0 0 1 0 1
Number of requests withdrawn by requester 2 0 2 0 4
Number of requests where information was disclosed in full 52 46 48 32 178
Number of requests where information was refused in full, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held 16 12 8 12 48
Number of requests where information was not held at all 2 2 3 1 8
Number of requests where information was supplied in part where held 10 24 27 11 72
Number of requests where information was disclosed in part and refused in part 11 18 11 17 57

 

2022 January-March April-June July-September October-December Annual total
Number of requests received 94 75 111 88 367
Number of outstanding requests for this period  0 1 0 5 6
Avg. no. of working days taken to respond 16 15 14 13 14.5
Number of requests where deadline was extended, or where statutory deadline was exceeded 6 2 4 3 15
Number of requests closed due to lack of valid name or clarification of requirements 1 0 2 1 4
Number of requests handled informally as 'Business as Usual' – Other  3 6 1 4 14
Number of requests withdrawn by requester 4 2 1 0 7
Number of requests where information was disclosed in full 40 30 58 34 162
Number of requests where information was fully witheld due to exemptions, inc. where we neither confirmed nor denied information was held  9 7 7 2 25
Number of requests refused due to information not being held at all  5 2 5 7 19
Number of requests where information was supplied in part,where held  19 12 25 19 75
Number of requests where information was disclosed in part and partially withheld 11 14 10 12 47