The cost of FOI

FOI requests cost your local police service:

• 2013 (so far): £61,560 - requests have increased by 20% compared to last year
• 2012: £500,580
• 2011: £509,760
• 2010: £421,740

Calculation: Requests x £30 per hour x 18 hours (average time spent per FOI request, some requests take significantly more time)