Key facts about freedom of information (FOI) requests
We received 248 freedom of information (FOI) requests.
Freedom of information request can range from journalists gathering data for a story from councils nationwide, students carrying out research, or commercial companies finding out when the council may be looking for new suppliers, through to residents wanting more information about a local issue.
90% of freedom of information requests were responded to on time.
Moving forward, the compliance and data protection officer will be working to publish more data sets online at www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/frequentfois, so people can access information themselves without submitting a request, with the overall aim of speeding up the process for customers and reducing the total number of requests handled.