Dear Colleagues,
The latest release of the Government Actuary’s Department’s free FOI
Monitor is now available. New features include a far easier navigation
interface, dedicated ‘Public Interest Test’ and ‘Appeals’ forms, a
useful ‘Resources’ page, keyboard accessible menus and a ‘Reports’ page.
This can generate reports based on the Department of Constitutional
Affairs’ central monitoring reporting requirements and include:
Baseline data
1. Number of requests received that fulfil the definition of a request for
the purposes of monitoring.
2. Number of requests which fulfil the definition of a request for the
purposes of monitoring and are refused because the department has searched
for the information requested and does not hold it.
Timeliness
3. a) Number of requests that took 20 working days or less to be processed
b) Number of working days it took each request which exceeded the 20
working day deadline to be processed.
6. Number of requests outstanding at the end of the reporting year
Handling of requests
7. Number of times a fee notice was issued or a fee was charged
8. Number of times fee was
a) paid and request was processed
b) paid and request was not processed
c) not paid and request was processed
9. Total amount received in fees
10. Number of times a request was refused because it was considered
vexatious
11. Number of times a request was refused because it met the criteria in
section 14(2) of the Freedom of Information Act
12. Number of requests where the fee limit under the Freedom of Information
Act was invoked
13. Number of requests where departments processed a request in excess of
the fees limit because the applicant paid the required amount
Measures of Disclosure
15. Number of times a request was granted in full.
17. Number of times the information in a request was refused:
a) in its entirety
b) in part
19. Where a request falls under the Freedom of Information Act, the number
of times each of the exemptions in sections 22 to 44 were cited as the
reason for refusal
Measures of reviews of decisions - Internal review
20. Number of requests that were referred for internal review on the
grounds that information was withheld
21. Of these, the number of requests where
a) original decision was upheld
b) original decision upheld in part
c) complaint upheld
Feel free to download it from www.gad.gov.uk/Publications/FOI.htm where
you’ll also find more information about its use. We’re in the process of
setting up a mailing list via this website – if you do intend to use it
please pop back and subscribe.
It is distributed under the GNU License agreement, or copyleft.
If you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch, and I’m happy to
customise it for you for a fee.
Adam Pope
Information Manager
Government Actuary’s Department
Finlaison House
15-17 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1AB
Phone 020 7211 2705
Mobile 07977238873
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