Annual Report to Parliament 2012-2013
Access to Information Act
Access to Information Act
Annual Statistical Report
April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013
Name of Institution: Department of Justice Canada
Reporting Period: April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013
PART 1 - Requests Under the Access to Information Act
1.1 Number of Requests
Number of Requests |
|
|---|---|
Received during reporting period |
343 |
Outstanding from previous reporting period |
73 |
Total |
416 |
Closed during reporting period |
323 |
Carried over to next reporting period |
93 |
1.2 Sources of Request
Source |
Number of Requests |
|---|---|
Media |
133 |
Academia |
13 |
Business (Private Sector) |
61 |
Organization |
24 |
Public |
112 |
Total |
343 |
PART 2 - Requests Closed During the Reporting Period
2.1 Disposition and Completion Time
|
Disposition of requests |
Completion Time |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 to 15
|
16 to 30
|
31 to 60
|
61 to 120
|
121 to
|
181 to
|
More than
|
Total |
|
|
All disclosed |
10 |
27 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
|
Disclosed in part |
15 |
42 |
15 |
19 |
10 |
17 |
14 |
132 |
|
All exempted |
8 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
|
All excluded |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
No records exist |
43 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
72 |
|
Request transferred |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
Request abandoned |
40 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
52 |
|
Treated informally |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Total |
124 |
109 |
20 |
21 |
12 |
19 |
18 |
323 |
2.2 Exemptions
Section |
Number of requests |
Section |
Number of requests |
Section |
Number of requests |
Section |
Number of requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13(1)(a) |
9 |
16(2)(a) |
0 |
18(a) |
0 |
20.1 |
0 |
13(1)(b) |
2 |
16(2)(b) |
0 |
18(b) |
4 |
20.2 |
0 |
13(1)(c) |
6 |
16(2)(c) |
1 |
18(c) |
0 |
20.4 |
0 |
13(1)(d) |
0 |
16(3) |
0 |
18(d) |
0 |
21(1)(a) |
61 |
13(1)(e) |
0 |
16.1(1)(a) |
0 |
18.1(1)(a) |
0 |
21(1)(b) |
40 |
14(a) |
9 |
16.1(1)(b) |
0 |
18.1(1)(b) |
0 |
21(1)(c) |
1 |
14(b) |
3 |
16.1(1)(c) |
0 |
18.1(1)(c) |
0 |
21(1)(d) |
9 |
15(1)-I.A.* |
1 |
16.1(1)(d) |
0 |
18.1(1)(d) |
1 |
22 |
2 |
15(1)-Def.* |
0 |
16.2(1) |
0 |
19(1) |
106 |
22.1(1) |
0 |
15(1)-S.A.* |
0 |
16.3 |
0 |
20(1)(a) |
1 |
23 |
89 |
16(1)(a(i) |
1 |
16.4(1)(a) |
0 |
20(1)(b) |
11 |
24(1) |
5 |
16(1)(a)(ii) |
0 |
16.4(1)(b) |
0 |
20(1)(b.1) |
0 |
26 |
14 |
16(1)(a)(iii) |
0 |
16.5 |
0 |
20(1)(c) |
11 |
||
16(1)(b) |
1 |
17 |
1 |
20(1)(d) |
4 |
||
16(1)(c) |
2 |
||||||
16(1)(d) |
0 |
* I.A.: International Affairs; Def.: Defence of Canada; S.A.: Subversive Activities
2.3 Exclusions
Section |
Number of |
Section |
Number of |
Section |
Number of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
68(a) |
3 |
69(1)(a) |
5 |
69(1)(g) re (a) |
13 |
68(b) |
0 |
69(1)(b) |
0 |
69(1)(g) re (b) |
0 |
68(c) |
0 |
69(1)(c) |
0 |
69(1)(g) re (c) |
8 |
68.1 |
0 |
69(1)(d) |
0 |
69(1)(g) re (d) |
2 |
68.2(a) |
0 |
69(1)(e) |
10 |
69(1)(g) re (e) |
7 |
68.2(b) |
0 |
69(1)(f) |
1 |
69(1)(g) re (f) |
8 |
69.1(1) |
0 |
||||
2.4 Format of Information Released
Disposition |
Paper |
Electronic |
Other formats |
|---|---|---|---|
All disclosed |
36 |
3 |
0 |
Disclosed in part |
105 |
27 |
0 |
Total |
141 |
30 |
0 |
2.5 Complexity
2.5.1 Relevant Pages Processed and Disclosed
Disposition of requests |
Number of pages |
Number of pages |
Number of requests |
|---|---|---|---|
All disclosed |
2590 |
2405 |
39 |
Disclosed in part |
84855 |
31963 |
132 |
All exempted |
2409 |
0 |
19 |
All excluded |
105 |
0 |
1 |
Request Abandoned |
24786 |
0 |
52 |
2.5.2 Relevant Pages Processed and Disclosed by Size of Requests
|
Disposition |
Less than 100
|
101-500
|
501-1000
|
1001-5000
|
More than 5000
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Number of
|
Pages
|
Number of
|
Pages
|
Number of
|
Pages
|
Number of
|
Pages
|
Number of
|
Pages
|
|
|
All disclosed |
36 |
550 |
2 |
615 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1240 |
0 |
0 |
|
Disclosed in part |
64 |
1179 |
42 |
5852 |
7 |
2342 |
14 |
9888 |
5 |
12702 |
|
All exempted |
14 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
All excluded |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Abandoned |
48 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Total |
162 |
1729 |
51 |
6467 |
9 |
2342 |
15 |
11128 |
6 |
12702 |
2.5.3 Other Complexities
Disposition |
Consultation |
Assessment of |
Legal advice |
Other |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All disclosed |
1 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
24 |
Disclosed in part |
52 |
4 |
14 |
75 |
145 |
All exempted |
2 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
15 |
All excluded |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Abandoned |
3 |
9 |
0 |
8 |
20 |
Total |
59 |
14 |
14 |
119 |
206 |
2.6 Deemed Refusals
2.6.1 Reasons for Not Meeting Statutory Deadline
|
Number of requests closed
|
Principal Reason |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Workload |
External
|
Internal
|
Other |
|
|
68 |
37 |
15 |
3 |
13 |
2.6.2 Number of days past deadline
Number of days |
Number of requests |
Number of requests |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
1 to 15 days |
7 |
6 |
13 |
16 to 30 days |
6 |
3 |
9 |
31 to 60 days |
6 |
6 |
12 |
61 to 120 days |
5 |
5 |
10 |
121 to 180 days |
1 |
2 |
3 |
181 to 365 days |
2 |
15 |
17 |
More than 365 days |
0 |
4 |
4 |
Total |
27 |
41 |
68 |
2.7 Requests for Translation
Translation Requests |
Accepted |
Refused |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
English to French |
0 |
0 |
0 |
French to English |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
PART 3 - Extensions
3.1 Reasons for Extensions and Disposition of Requests
|
Disposition of requests
|
9(1)(a)
|
9(1)(b)
|
9(1)(c)
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Section 69 |
Other |
|||
|
All Disclosed |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Disclosed in part |
20 |
20 |
24 |
4 |
|
All exempted |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
All excluded |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
No records exist |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Request abandoned |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Total |
23 |
24 |
29 |
5 |
3.2 Length of Extensions
|
Length of extensions |
9(1)(a)
|
9(1)(b)
|
9(1)(c)
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Section 69 |
Other |
|||
|
30 days or less |
10 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
|
31 to 60 days |
4 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
|
61 to 120 days |
1 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
|
121 to 180 days |
1 |
22 |
1 |
0 |
|
181 to 365 days |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
365 days or more |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
23 |
24 |
29 |
5 |
PART 4 - Fees
|
Fee Type |
Fee Collected |
Fee Waived or Refunded |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Number of
|
Amount |
Number of
|
Amount |
|
|
Application |
298 |
$ 1,490.00 |
25 |
$ 125.00 |
|
Search |
2 |
$ 3,285.00 |
4 |
$ 2,750.00 |
|
Production |
0 |
$ 0.00 |
138 |
$ 5,105.60 |
|
Programming |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
Preparation |
0 |
$ 0.00 |
0 |
$ 0.00 |
|
Alternative format |
0 |
$ 0.00 |
0 |
$ 0.00 |
|
Reproduction |
0 |
$ 0.00 |
0 |
$ 0.00 |
|
Total |
300 |
$ 4,775.00 |
167 |
$ 7,980.60 |
PART 5 - Consultations Received From Other Institutions and Organizations
5.1 Consultations Received From Other Government Institutions and Organizations
Consultations |
Other |
Number of |
Other |
Number of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Received during the reporting period |
1339 |
71105 |
4 |
34 |
Outstanding from the previous |
166 |
18082 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
1505 |
89187 |
4 |
34 |
Closed during the reporting period |
1289 |
56094 |
4 |
34 |
Pending at the end of the reporting period |
216 |
33093 |
0 |
0 |
5.2 Recommendations and Completion Time for Consultations Received From Other Government Institutions
|
Recommendations |
Number of days required to complete consultation requests |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 to 15
|
16 to 30
|
31 to 60
|
61 to
|
121 to
|
181 to
|
More
|
Total |
|
|
Disclose entirely |
47 |
66 |
58 |
41 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
216 |
|
Disclose in part |
156 |
217 |
325 |
172 |
34 |
16 |
2 |
922 |
|
Exempt entirely |
17 |
33 |
22 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
89 |
|
Exclude entirely |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Consult other institution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Other |
33 |
8 |
13 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
62 |
|
Total |
253 |
324 |
418 |
235 |
38 |
18 |
3 |
1289 |
5.3 Recommendations and Completion Time for Consultations Received From Other Organizations
|
Recommendations |
Number of days required to complete consultation requests |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 to 15
|
16 to 30
|
31 to 60
|
61 to
|
121 to
|
181 to
|
More
|
Total |
|
|
Disclose entirely |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Disclose in part |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Exempt entirely |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Exclude entirely |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Consult other institution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Total |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
PART 6 - Completion Time of Consultations on Cabinet Confidences
Number of days |
Number of responses |
Number of responses |
|---|---|---|
1 to 15 |
16 |
0 |
16 to 30 |
13 |
0 |
31 to 60 |
6 |
1 |
61 to 120 |
4 |
2 |
121 to 180 |
6 |
5 |
181 to 365 |
7 |
7 |
More than 365 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
52 |
15 |
Part 7 -Resources Related to the Access to Information Act
7.1 Costs
|
Expenditures |
Amount |
|
|---|---|---|
|
Salaries |
$ 1,774,524.10 |
|
|
Overtime |
$ 3,878.04 |
|
|
Goods and Services |
$ 127,301.19 |
|
|
Professional services contracts |
$ 39,804.39 |
|
|
Other |
$ 87,496.80 |
|
|
Total |
$ 1,905,703.33 |
|
7.2 Human Resources
Resources |
Dedicated full-time |
Dedicated part-time |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Full-time employees |
24.5 |
0 |
24.5 |
Part-time and casual employees |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Regional staff |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Consultants and agency personnel |
0.25 |
0 |
0.25 |
Students |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
24.75 |
0 |
24.75 |
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