Details of the number of freedom of information requests currently being processed by this Department; the number that have had the deadline for reply extended; the number at least one week, two weeks. one month and over one month overdue, are outlined in the table below.
Number of FOI Requests being processed
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Number of FOI Requests that have had the deadline for reply extended
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Number of FOI Requests that have had the deadline for reply extended by at least one week
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Number of FOI Requests that have had the deadline for reply extended by two weeks
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Number of FOI Requests that have had the deadline for reply extended by one month
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Number of FOI Requests that have had the deadline for reply extended by over one month
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34
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5
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None
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None
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5
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None
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The reasons for extensions in the instances referenced include: increased workload leading to reduced capacity to process requests, a large volume of records being sought, insufficient details being provided by the requester and further clarity sought and in one instance a request was extended due to files dating back 30+ years which needed to be brought in from offsite storage.