How many requests for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 have been fully answered since the Act came into for…

Answered Asked by Tommy Sheridan SSP Lodged 12 Oct 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many requests for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 have been fully answered since the Act came into force in January 2005; how many requests for information have not been answered and for what reasons; how many requests have been answered within the 20-day period granted for providing the information requested, and what the average time taken to reply to such requests is.

The answer

Answered by Margaret Curran on 8 Nov 2005 · 27 days after it was lodged, on time

A report on informationrequests handling in the Scottish Executive for requests recorded centrally andreceived during the period 1 January 2005 to 1 July 2005; is available inthe Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37868) and on the freedomof information pages of the Scottish Executive website. This report providesinformation on the number of requests for which information has not beenprovided and the number of requests dealt with within the 20 working-day timeperiod. For requests dealt with within the 20 working-day time period, theaverage time taken to reply to such requests is approximately 15 working days.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-19818 by reference.