Outcome Trends
How have FOI outcomes changed over time?
Full Disclosure Rate by Year
| Year | Requests | Full Disclosure | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 482 | 216 | 44.8% |
| 2018 | 399 | 165 | 41.4% |
| 2019 | 416 | 181 | 43.5% |
| 2020 | 483 | 206 | 42.7% |
| 2021 | 624 | 218 | 34.9% |
| 2022 | 700 | 306 | 43.7% |
| 2023 | 786 | 260 | 33.1% |
| 2024 | 750 | 276 | 36.8% |
| 2025 | 731 | 234 | 32.0% |
| 2026 | 110 | 35 | 31.8% |
Refusal Rate by Year
| Year | Requests | All Exempt | Vexatious | NCND | Not Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 482 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 2018 | 399 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2019 | 416 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 483 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 624 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2022 | 700 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 786 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2024 | 750 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 2025 | 731 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 2026 | 110 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All Outcomes by Year
| Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All information sent | 216 | 165 | 181 | 206 | 218 | 306 | 260 | 276 | 234 | 35 |
| Decision Notice - Complaint not upheld | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Decision Notice - Complaint part upheld | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decision Notice - Complaint upheld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Information Notice | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Information not held | 53 | 69 | 62 | 74 | 158 | 153 | 191 | 160 | 145 | 25 |
| Neither confirm or deny information held | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| No information sent - all held but exempt | 47 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 48 | 37 | 54 | 7 |
| Not required to fulfill request | 18 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
| Not upheld | 8 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 2 |
| Repeated request | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Request lapsed - requested information not provided | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Some information sent and exceeds appropriate limit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Some information sent but not all held | 66 | 44 | 83 | 88 | 100 | 88 | 128 | 109 | 87 | 21 |
| Some information sent but part exempt | 55 | 54 | 30 | 49 | 68 | 80 | 105 | 113 | 151 | 19 |
| Upheld - full | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Upheld - partial | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| Vexatious request | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Withdrawn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |