How many requests for information it received were not answered within 20 working days, expressed also as a percentage of the total number …

Most requests forinformation are handled routinely and not all are recorded or countedcentrally. In line with centrally produced guidance some requests for informationare notified to the Scottish Executive’s FOI Unit and recorded centrally. the Scottish Executive have published a report on information requests handling inthe Scottish Executive for requests received during 1 January to 31 December 2005;this is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number39491) and on the Freedom of Information pages of the Scottish Executive Website. The reportprovides information on the number and percentage of requests dealt without-with the 20 working-day time period for the each of the quarters of 2005. Areport on the information requests handling in the Scottish Executive for thefirst six months of 2006 will be published later in the year.