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Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 24 April 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 April 2007. It was answered by Baroness Harman (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 May 2007 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Freedom of Information: Complaints

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many complaints under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been awaiting allocation to a case officer of the Information Commissioner’s Offices (ICO) for (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months and (d) longer, broken down by ICO (i) regional offices and (ii) teams; and if she will make a statement.
Answer

As of 31 March 2007 the number of complaints under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 awaiting allocation to a case officer at the Information Commissioner’s Office, broken down by time and team, was as detailed in the following table.

Time period/team Belfast Cardiff Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6 Total
0 to three months 8 19 23 15 51 25 65 36 242
Three to six months 3 0 9 23 19 19 21 27 121
Six to nine months 1 0 12 20 18 18 11 23 103
Nine months + 15 0 12 37 37 6 8 32 147
Total for team 27 19 56 95 125 68 105 118 613
Sector Team name
Health and Transport Team 1
Education, Police and Justice Team 2
Central Government 1 Team3
Local Government 1 (North) Team 4
Local Government 2 (South) Team 5
Central Government Millbank Team 6

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
134506; 459 c1726W
Session
2006-07
Related items
Freedom of Information
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Complaints Freedom of information
Link
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