Info Source Bulletin Number 28

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Statistical Tables 2004–2005
Access to Information

Access to Information Requests - April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005

These figures are based on Statistical Reports provided by 148 of 151 federal institutions subject to the Access to Information Act. Three institutions, Gwich'in Land Use Planning Board, Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal and Sahtu Land Use Planning Board did not submit Statistical Reports.

Requests received during this reporting period	25,207
Requests brought forward from previous reporting period	4,927
Total number of requests	30,134
Requests completed	24,709
Requests carried forward to next reporting period	5,425
Please note: These totals include transfers of requests between institutions.

Disposition of Completed requests

Requests where all information was disclosed	27.1%	6,696
Requests where information was disclosed in part	43.2%	10,667
Requests where all information was excluded	0.6%	154
Requests where all information was exempted	2.5%	612
Requests transferred to another institution	1.6%	398
Requests where information was given informally	1.0%	259
Requests which could not be processed (by  reasons such as insufficient information  provided by applicant, no records exist or  abandonment by applicant)	24.0%	5,923
Total		24,709

Source of Requests

Requests received from businesses	47.2%	11,910
Requests received from the public	32.6%	8,213
Requests received from organizations	8.4%	2,107
Requests received from the media	10.6%	2,680
Requests received from academics	1.2%	297
Total Requests Received		25,207

Institutions ranked in order of number of requests received

1)	Citizenship and Immigration Canada	35.8%	9,034
2)	Canada Revenue Agency	7.4%	1,861
3)	Health Canada	5.4%	1,363
4)	National Defence	5.1%	1,284
5)	Royal Canadian Mounted Police	4.3%	1,085
6)	Public Works and Government Services Canada	3.5%	876
7)	Transport Canada	3.1%	779
8)	Environment Canada	2.6%	653
9)	Library and Archives Canada	2.5%	629
10)	Correctional Services Canada	2.4%	613
11)	Other Departments	27.9%	7,030
Total			25,207

Time Required to Complete Requests

(including requests for which extensions were required)

0 to 30 days	61.7%	15,254
31 to 60 days	16.5%	4,067
61 to 120 days	11.0%	2,713
121 days or over	10.8%	2,675
Total		24,709

Extension Time Required

	30 days or less	31 days or over
Searching	955	1,481
Consultation	1,935	1,472
Third Party	148	1,409

Exemptions

It should be noted that a single Access Request can be indicated as being exempted for multiple reasons. All such exemptions must be reported.

Section 19	Personal information	32.1%	8,499
Section 21	Operations of government	16.1%	4,259
Section 20	Third party information	15.5%	4,099
Section 16	Law enforcement and investigations	12.7%	3,351
Section 15	International affairs and defence	7.6%	2,020
Section 13	Information obtained in confidence	4.5%	1,193
Section 23	Solicitor-client privilege	4.2%	1,111
Section 24	Statutory prohibitions	2.1%	568
Section 14	Federal-provincial affairs	2.1%	543
Section 18	Economic interests of Canada	2.0%	540
Section 22	Testing procedures	0.5%	140
Section 17	Safety of Individuals	0.3%	79
Section 26	Information to be published	0.3%	69
Total			26,471

Exclusions

It should be noted that a single Access Request can be indicated as being excluded for multiple reasons. All such exclusions must be reported.

Section 69(1)(g)	35.0%	565
Section 69(1)(a)	25.2%	408
Section 69(1)(e)	15.0%	242
Section 68(a)	12.0%	194
Section 69(1)(d)	5.5%	89
Section 69(1)(c)	3.6%	58
Section 69(1)(f)	2.3%	37
Section 68(b)	1.0%	16
Section 69(1)(b)	0.4%	6
Section 68(c)	0.1%	1
Total		1,616

Costs and Fees for Operations

Requests completed	24,709
Cost of operations	$26,365,456.63
Cost per completed request	$1,067.04
Fees collected	$265,381.94
Fees collected per completed request	$10.74
Fees waived	$164,832.71
Fees waived per completed request	$6.67

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