FOI Request - Volume of Data Subject Access Requests

Request 101003690593

1.  The total number of Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) received by your authority for each of the last three years (2021, 2022, and 2023).

2.  The number of DSARs completed within the statutory one-month timeframe during each year.

3.  The number of DSARs that required an extension beyond the one-month timeframe, along with the average length of extensions granted.

4.  Any recorded costs (e.g., staff time, software, or other resources) associated with processing DSARs for each of these years.

Response 23-01-2025

1. This information is published by the Scottish Information Commissioner. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. You can find the page by following this link: https://www.itspublicknowledge.info/statistics

2. For 2021:
• SARs responded to within the statutory timeframes
53
• SARs responded to outwith the statutory timeframes?
6

For 2022: -
• SARs responded to within the statutory timeframes? - 36
• SARs responded to outwith the statutory timeframes? – 19

For 2023:
• SARs responded to within the statutory timeframes? - 98
• SARs responded to outwith the statutory timeframes? 0

3. a) Not held.  Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

b) Not applicable. There is no average length of timescale granted – if an extension is needed because a request is voluminous or complex then an extra 2-months can be added to the timescales.

4. This information is not held; the purchase of paper, pens, USB sticks, couriers, redaction software and suchlike would be incorporated into existing budget codes. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.