FOI/202500490553 · FOI · unclear
Freedom of Information (FOI) requests refused under Section 12 statistics: FOI release
Information requested
Could you supply the number of FOI requests wholly or partially refused under Section 12 of FOISA for financial years 2020/2021 to 2024/2025, broken down by year.
Response
The answer to your question is within the table below, the date range applied has been from cases completed from 1 April 2020 to 30 March 2025;
Financial Year Number of Requests and Reviews where s12 was applied 2020/2021 182 2021/2022 201 2022/2023 189 2023/2024 248 2024/2025 302
To provide further clarity on the figures above: FOI requests have grown steadily since 2020. Between the calendar years 2020 and 2024, our request numbers rose by 65% (from 3.3k to 5.8k) and continue to increase. The numbers shown in the tables indicate that the proportion of cases where section 12 has been applied remains broadly the same; it is the overall volume of FOI requests that has risen.
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Information requested Could you supply the number of FOI requests wholly or partially refused under Section 12 of FOISA for financial years 2020/2021 to 2024/2025, broken down by year. The numbers shown in the tables indicate that the proportion of cases where section 12 has been applied remains broadly the same; it is the overall volume of FOI requests that has risen.
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