More than 400 appeals fester with the ICO for more than a year

The Information Commissioner’s Office has come back to me and provided an answer for the number of appeals it has had now for more than a year. The answer is a staggering 416 of which 25 haven’t even been dished out to an officer to start the process of an investigation.

The BBC comes out top of the list - unsurprising really as they try to avoid almost all requests by claiming the Act does not apply to them and referring those complaints straight on to the ICO without offering an internal appeal.

You can find the answer to the question at this link and the spreadsheet shows all the organisations that have an appeal stuck in the ICO’s pipeline. But here are the highlights.

The Public Authorities with the most appeals lodged with the ICO that have been there for more than a year:

BBC (32)

Cabinet Office (21)                                                            

Home Office (18)                                             

Ministry of Defence (17)                                        

Department of Health (13)                                                                 

DEFRA (12)         

Ministry of Justice (12) + 5 (National Offender Management Service)

Metropolitan Police Service (10)                                                                         

Foreign & Commonwealth Office (8)                                                                           

Department for Culture Media and Sport (7)                                     

Councils

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (5)                                           

Brighton & Hove City Council (3)                                               

Buckinghamshire County Council (3)                                                            

Cambridge City Council (2)                                         

Ferryhill Town Council (2)                                         

Kent County Council (2)                      

Liverpool City Council (2)                                                         

London Borough of Bromley (2)                                                                

London Borough of Camden (2)                                                                       

London Borough of Enfield (2)                                                                   

London Borough of Islington (2)                                                                    

Shotteswell Parish Council (2)                                                                  

West Sussex County Council (2)                                                                     

Winchester City Council (2)                                                                 

Wokingham District Council (2)

Police         

Metropolitan Police Service (10)

Chief Constable Lancashire Constabulary (3)                                       

Cambridgeshire Constabulary (2)                                                                        

Chief Constable Greater Manchester Police (2)                                                 

Police Service of Northern Ireland (2)                                               

National Policing Improvement Agency (2)

Education

Newcastle College (2)

Oxford University (2)