Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Service Manager for Assurance.

The committee considered a report of the Service Manager for Assurance which set out the position on Freedom of Information (FOI) compliance and noted the actions taken to improve compliance with Subject Access Requests (SARs).

Councillors considered the issues arising from the report and during discussions the following areas were covered:

·            Issues around vexatious requests

·            Resources available for dealing with requests and targets for responding

·            Work being undertaken with service areas to identify common requests and where information could be made more readily available

·            Measuring performance in this area

·            Opportunities to make initial discussions on SARs more efficient.

Councillors noted the improved position on Freedom of Information request compliance and the actions that were being taken to improve compliance with Subject Access Requests.  The committee were content with the work that had been undertaken and the plan that was in place.  A request was made for a further report to be provided, when the council was closer to meeting compliance rates.