#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%)
#FOI suggests around 140,000 pupils nationally were home educated at some point in 2022-23, a rise of 12% on the 125,000 the year before. The pupil population grew by just 0.8% over the same period.
The 12% increase is double the 6% rise the year before.
#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.
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.
The #VictoriaPolice force is the subject of new revelations after recently marred by allegations of #corruption, including tainting important investigations and potentially lying to lawyers.
Freedom Of Information (#FOI) documents show that in the last decade, 14 Victoria Police officers have retired or resigned while #UnderInvestigation