Derby City Council received 939 Freedom of Information requests last year it has been revealed. 

The overall cost of the requests came to £31,000, which the council leader isn’t happy about.

This is Derbyshire report:

Derby City Council dealt with 939 Freedom of Information requests last year – costing £31,500.

The authority is now urging people to think carefully before submitting unusual FOI requests for information unrelated to council business.

Many of the requests submitted between October 2011 and October 2012 were for information on council policy issues or the way funding is allocated.

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.