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Number of Freedom Of Information requests rejected on cost grounds: FOI release

Published
2018-09-24
Received
Responded
Directorate
Constitution Directorate
Topic
Constitution and democracy, Public sector
Exemptions
12, 15

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Detected exemption language

This also displays the number of those requests which were exempt under section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002: Number of FOI requests received Number of which exempt under section 12 August 2017 242 7 September 2017 205 10 October 2017 418 36 November 2017 294 27 December 2017 151 5 January 2018 306 29 February 2018 355 18 March 2018 341 34 April 2018 243 14 May 2018 292 37 June 2018 260 14 July 2018 238 9 While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the costs of locating, retrieving and providing the information requested would exceed the upper cost limit of £600. We do sometimes contact requestors under our section 15 duty to advise and assist, to notify them that their request would be cost exempt and to advise as to reducing the scope. Under section 12 of FOISA public authorities are not required to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying would exceed the upper cost limit, which is currently set at £600 by Regulations made under section 12.

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