My Department received 66 FOI requests in 2007 and 180 requests in 2008. As well as "the number acceded to" and "the number refused", there were a number of requests which were "part granted" and others which were "withdrawn". (In general, those withdrawn requests were either transferred to other Departments or were handled outside the FOI Act). All are included on a month-by-month basis in the following tables:
2007
Month
|
Received
|
Acceded to
|
Part Granted
|
Refused
|
Withdrawn
|
January
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
|
2
|
February
|
3
|
|
3
|
|
|
March
|
6
|
|
4
|
2
|
|
April
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
|
May
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
|
1
|
June
|
7
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
July
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
|
2
|
August
|
6
|
2
|
|
|
4
|
September
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
October
|
2
|
|
|
|
2
|
November
|
15
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
5
|
December
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
|
2
|
Totals
|
66
|
12
|
27
|
6
|
21
|
2008
Month
|
Received
|
Accededto
|
Part Granted
|
Refused
|
Withdrawn
|
January
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
February
|
14
|
1
|
8
|
|
5
|
March
|
12
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
April
|
18
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
May
|
20
|
5
|
9
|
1
|
5
|
June
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
July
|
14
|
2
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
August
|
14
|
3
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
September
|
14
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
October
|
27
|
5
|
16
|
4
|
2
|
November
|
24
|
6
|
13
|
2
|
3
|
December
|
10
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
Totals
|
180
|
36
|
89
|
23
|
32
|