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FOI & SAR Request Volumes & Performance Stats Last 3 Years

Reference: 24-25329

Date response sent: 27/11/2024

Details of enquiry

  1. The total number of FOI requests received by your NHS Trust in the past three financial years.
  2. The percentage of these requests that were responded to within the statutory timeframe in the past three financial years.
  3. The number of staff members and the banding of the staff specifically dedicated to handling FOI requests.
  4. The total number of SAR requests received by your NHS Trust in the past three financial years.
  5. The percentage of these requests that were responded to within the statutory timeframe in the past three financial years.
  6. The number of staff members and the banding of the staff specifically dedicated to handling SAR requests.
  7. The total number of employees within your NHS Trust
  8. Do any of your staff at your Trust handle both FOI and SAR request simultaneously as part of there job role, if so how many staff and the banding of the staff members.
  9. Also please can a job description of each above mention roles be provided for SAR and FOI staff that handle and deal with requests.

Response sent

  1. The total number of FOI requests received by your NHS Trust in the past three financial years.
  2. The percentage of these requests that were responded to within the statutory timeframe in the past three financial years.

All requested data for Q1 and Q2 above is already publicly available, and may be reached on our website at: Freedom of information compliance data – Tavistock and Portman

  1. The number of staff members and the banding of the staff specifically dedicated to handling FOI requests.

FY 2022/23         Qtr1 1X 0.6 FTE Band 5

1 X 0.5 FTE Band 5

Qtr 2-4, 1X FTE staff Band 5

FY 2023/24         1X 1.0 FTE staff Band 5

FY 2024/25         1 X 1.0 FTE staff Band 5

  1. The total number of SAR requests received by your NHS Trust in the past three financial years.

See table below

  1. The percentage of these requests that were responded to within the statutory timeframe in the past three financial years.

See table below

  1. The number of staff members and the banding of the staff specifically dedicated to handling SAR requests.

See table below

No. of SARs received. Percentage sent out

on-time.

 No. of  Internal Reviews No. referred to ICO. No of staff processing SARs
1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023 273 82% 0 0 N/A. Processed by external IG consultancy and as  part of BAU by staff
1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024 170 87%  0  0 N/A. Processed by external IG consultancy and as  part of BAU by staff
1st April 2024 – to date 129 96% 1  0  

 

  1. The total number of employees within your NHS Trust

This data is publicly available at https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics

  1. Do any of your staff at your Trust handle both FOI and SAR request simultaneously as part of there job role, if so how many staff and the banding of the staff members.

No

  1. Also please can a job description of each above mention roles be provided for SAR and FOI staff that handle and deal with requests.

The Trust does not hold this information.

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