Figures are similar for UK Government departments as a whole - for July to September 2023, a similar 68% were either fully or partially withheld or just unanswered.
For 24% of #FOI requests a response is still outstanding, the highest proportion on record since figures began in 2010.
#FOI shows, in 2023, 706 registered sex offenders notified West Midlands Police they were changing address. This could have included some who moved more than once
#FOI shows 28,379 cases of rickets and 269 cases of scurvy since 2019.
Scurvy is caused by not enough vitamin C in your diet over a long period, while rickets affects bone development in children, most commonly due to a lack of vitamin D or calcium.
Talking about compensation payments, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust said, due to human error, there were inaccuracies with #FOI data provided.
The MEN asked for an explanation of the 'inaccuracies' and updated figures but none have been provided
#FOI shows 26,586 owners applied for their XL Bully-type dog to be exempt from being confiscated and destroyed under new rules that came in at the start of February.
Of these, 22,420 were successful – and 4,166 were denied.
Applications to council crisis funds for help with beds for children have soared
#FOI show in 2018/19 there were 4,316 requests – of which 2,294 were successful (53%). By 2022/23 this had risen to 17,534 applications, of which 7,227 were successful (41%)
And, finally, I'm a criminology masters student in my 40s, returning to university, with an interest in researching digital #surveillance and #privacy.