Subject Access Request Backlog
Reference: 19006
Date Added: Dydd Gwener, 2 Awst 2019
Category:
Disclosure Details
Question
1. Do you have a backlog of Subject Access Requests, i.e. Subject Access Requests that have been received but have not been completed within the statutory time limit of one month.
2. If the answer to question 1 above is yes, how many Subject Access Requests do you have that are over the statutory time limit of one month.
3. Out of the figure provided in response to question 2 above can you provide details of how many of the overdue Subject Access Requests are:
(i) Up to one month overdue
(ii) Over one month overdue
Answer
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Two duties are placed on public authorities under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Notwithstanding applicable exemptions, the first duty at, Section 1(1) (a), is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at, Section1 (1) (b), is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Under the provisions of those sections of the FOIA, we can confirm that the information you seek is partly held by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent. Please find responses below.
1. Do you have a backlog of Subject Access Requests, i.e. Subject Access Requests that have been received but have not been completed within the statutory time limit of one month.
No
2. If the answer to question 1 above is yes, how many Subject Access Requests do you have that are over the statutory time limit of one month.
Not applicable
3. Out of the figure provided in response to question 2 above can you provide details of how many of the overdue Subject Access Requests are:
(i) Up to one month overdue
Not applicable
(ii) Over one month overdue
Not applicable