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The RTI register
Every application this archive has filed, the office it went to, and the date a reply was due. Applications appear here on the day they are filed, not the day an answer arrives.
Why an unanswered application is published
Filing an RTI puts a statutory clock on a public office. When that clock runs out without a reply, the Act treats the silence as a refusal, and the applicant gains a right of appeal.
So an application sitting 40 days overdue is not a gap in this archive. It is a recorded fact about a public office, with a date on it, and it belongs in the register exactly as much as a reply does.
What each outcome means here
- Reply received — answered on the merits. The reply is filed as evidence.
- No record held — the office says it holds nothing. Filed as evidence of what the office has said about its own files. It does not establish that no order was given.
- Refused — an exemption was claimed. The exemption cited is recorded.
- Transferred — sent on to another authority, which narrows where the record sits.
- No reply — the statutory period passed in silence.
Filing one yourself. Anyone can file an RTI application, and you do not need our permission or involvement to do it. If you file one on a question in this archive, send us the reference number and we will track it here under your name, or anonymously if you prefer. If you would rather we filed it, tell us which question and we will.