❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice requests data on Freedom of Information (FOI) applications processed by the Deputy Premier's portfolio agencies. The response provides statistics on FOI requests, processing times, rejections, and appeals for each agency.
AnsweredQoN 624Legislative Council
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For each Department and Agency within the Deputy Premier’s portfolio, including the Deputy Premier’s office, will the Deputy Premier provide the following information for the period, 23 September 2008 to date, -
(1) How many Freedom of Information (FOI) applications have been received?
(2) What is the average time taken to process a FOI application?
(3) What is the reason given for each FOI application exceeding the average time for processing?
(4) How many FOI applications have been rejected by the Departments or Agencies within your portfolio?
(5) How many of these rejections have been successfully appealed?
(6) How many of these rejections are pending a decision of the FOI Commissioner?
(7) What were the reasons given by the Departments and Agencies for rejecting each of the FOI applications?
(8) What were the reasons given by the FOI Commissioner for upholding each of the appeals?
(1) How many Freedom of Information (FOI) applications have been received?
(2) What is the average time taken to process a FOI application?
(3) What is the reason given for each FOI application exceeding the average time for processing?
(4) How many FOI applications have been rejected by the Departments or Agencies within your portfolio?
(5) How many of these rejections have been successfully appealed?
(6) How many of these rejections are pending a decision of the FOI Commissioner?
(7) What were the reasons given by the Departments and Agencies for rejecting each of the FOI applications?
(8) What were the reasons given by the FOI Commissioner for upholding each of the appeals?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
13 May 2009
Responded by
Minister for Transport representing the Deputy Premier
Response time
43 days
This answer is provided for the Deputy Premier; Ministerial Office; Minister for Health; Minister for Indigenous Affairs:
Ministerial Office
(1) 13.
(2) 45 days.
(3) Not applicable. While there is no requirement under the Act for a reason to be given for exceeding the 'average" time for processing, the exceptional number of FOI applications from the opposition means that responses will likely be slower.
(4) - (8) It should be noted that:
An FOI application is not "rejected" by an agency, even when an application does not comply with the requirements of s12 of the FOI Act. The agency must take reasonable steps to help the applicant to change the application so that it complies with those requirements.
Department of Health
(1) 3,565.
(2) 17 days.
(3) Some Freedom of Information (FOI) applications exceeded the average time for processing because they were initially too large in scope and the agency and applicant required to negotiate to an application size that was manageable to the agency. Authority for this process is provided at Section 20 of the
Freedom of Information Act
1992 (the Act).
(4) 54.
(5) Nil.
(6) One.
(7) The FOI applications were refused under the following provisions of the Act: Section 26,
Documents that cannot be found or do not exist
; Section 28,
Medical and psychiatric information
; Exemption 3 of Schedule 1,
Personal Information
; and Exemption 5 of Schedule 1,
Law enforcement, public safety and property security
, to the
Freedom of Information Act 1992
.
(8) Not applicable.
Note: For the purposes of this PQ, the term "rejection" of FOI applications has been interpreted to refer to those situations where the provision of
all
documents requested under the FOI application have been refused.
Nurses and Midwives Board of Western Australia
(1) Nil.
(2) - (3) Not applicable.
(4) - (6) Nil.
(7) - (8) Not applicable.
Office of Health Review
(1) One.
(2) Four days.
(3) - (8) Not applicable.
Department of Indigenous Affairs
(1) Seven.
(2) 40 days.
(3). The large amount of documents identified and/or additional documents identified at a late stage of the process.
(4) Nil.
(5-8) Not applicable.
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Ministerial Office
(1) 13.
(2) 45 days.
(3) Not applicable. While there is no requirement under the Act for a reason to be given for exceeding the 'average" time for processing, the exceptional number of FOI applications from the opposition means that responses will likely be slower.
(4) - (8) It should be noted that:
An FOI application is not "rejected" by an agency, even when an application does not comply with the requirements of s12 of the FOI Act. The agency must take reasonable steps to help the applicant to change the application so that it complies with those requirements.
Department of Health
(1) 3,565.
(2) 17 days.
(3) Some Freedom of Information (FOI) applications exceeded the average time for processing because they were initially too large in scope and the agency and applicant required to negotiate to an application size that was manageable to the agency. Authority for this process is provided at Section 20 of the
Freedom of Information Act
1992 (the Act).
(4) 54.
(5) Nil.
(6) One.
(7) The FOI applications were refused under the following provisions of the Act: Section 26,
Documents that cannot be found or do not exist
; Section 28,
Medical and psychiatric information
; Exemption 3 of Schedule 1,
Personal Information
; and Exemption 5 of Schedule 1,
Law enforcement, public safety and property security
, to the
Freedom of Information Act 1992
.
(8) Not applicable.
Note: For the purposes of this PQ, the term "rejection" of FOI applications has been interpreted to refer to those situations where the provision of
all
documents requested under the FOI application have been refused.
Nurses and Midwives Board of Western Australia
(1) Nil.
(2) - (3) Not applicable.
(4) - (6) Nil.
(7) - (8) Not applicable.
Office of Health Review
(1) One.
(2) Four days.
(3) - (8) Not applicable.
Department of Indigenous Affairs
(1) Seven.
(2) 40 days.
(3). The large amount of documents identified and/or additional documents identified at a late stage of the process.
(4) Nil.
(5-8) Not applicable.
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