Hon Ray Halligan requests detailed information on Freedom of Information (FOI) applications processed by agencies within the Community Safety portfolio for the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 financial years. The response indicates that some agencies fall under the Premier's portfolio and will be addressed in a separate response.

AnsweredQoN 1482Legislative Council
Asked
4 May 2005
Portfolio
Community Safety

QuestionView source ↗

For each Department and Agency within the Minister’s portfolio, including the Ministerial office, will the Minister provide the following information relating to the 2003-2004 financial year, and the 2004-2005 financial year to date -
(1) How many freedom of information (FOI) applications were 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?

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Answered
26 May 2005
Responded by
Minister for Fisheries representing the Minister for Community Safety
Response time
22 days
(1-8)The Office of Crime Prevention and the Office of RoadSafety are part of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and therefore will be included in the response to Question on Notice 1465 provided by the Premier.

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