Appendix A - Statistical Report on the Access to Information Act

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Appendix A - Statistical Report on the Access to Information Act

TBS/SCT 350-62

Name of institution: Canada Revenue Agency

Reporting period:

From: 2011-04-01

to: 2012-03-31

Part 1 – Requests under the Access to Information Act

1.1 Number of Requests
Number of Requests
Received during reporting period 2,237
Outstanding from previous reporting period 1,027
Total 3,264
Closed during reporting period 2,683
Carried over to next reporting period 581
1.2 Sources of requests
Source Number of Requests
Media 60
Academia 3
Business (Private Sector) 799
Organization 13
Public 1,362
Total 2,237

Part 2 - Requests closed during the reporting period

2.1 Disposition and completion time
Disposition of requests 1 to 15 days 16 to 30 days 31 to 60 days 61 to 120 days 121 to 180 days 181 to 365 days More than 365 days Total
All disclosed 35 121 155 25 8 24 7 375
Disclosed in part 69 253 438 271 111 150 308 1,600
All exempted 3 4 1 5 2 0 1 16
All excluded 8 9 15 34 0 2 0 68
No records exist 54 66 46 18 2 12 7 205
Request transferred 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Request abandoned 203 31 48 27 8 12 33 362
Treated informally 28 22 0 0 0 2 0 52
Total 405 506 703 380 131 202 356 2,683
2.2 Exemptions
Section Number of requests
13(1)(a) 35
13(1)(b) 13
13(1)(c) 92
13(1)(d) 0
13(1)(e) 0
14(a) 31
14(b) 4
15(1) - International Affairs 87
15(1) - Defence of Canada 0
15(1) - Subversive Activities 0
16(1)(a)(i) 16
16(1)(a)(ii) 33
16(1)(a)(iii) 0
16(1)(b) 261
16(1)(c) 785
16(1)(d) 0
16(2)(a) 2
16(2)(b) 0
16(2)(c) 19
16(3) 1
16.1(1)(a) 1
16.1(1)(b) 7
16.1(1)(c) 25
16.1(1)(d) 0
16.2(1) 0
16.3 0
16.4(1)(a) 0
16.4(1)(b) 0
16.5 0
17 10
18(a) 3
18(b) 0
18(c) 0
18(d) 7
18.1(1)(a) 1
18.1(1)(b) 0
18.1(1)(c) 0
18.1(1)(d) 0
19(1) 1,046
20(1)(a) 0
20(1)(b) 26
20(1)(b.1) 1
20(1)(c) 19
20(1)(d) 7
20.1 0
20.2 0
20.4 0
21(1)(a) 166
21(1)(b) 389
21(1)(c) 10
21(1)(d) 31
22 13
22.1(1) 8
23 268
24(1) 1,194
26 2
2.3 Exclusions
Section Number of requests
68(a) 98
68(b) 1
68(c) 0
68.1 0
68.2(a) 0
68.2(b) 0
69(1)(a) 7
69(1)(b) 0
69(1)(c) 0
69(1)(d) 0
69(1)(e) 1
69(1)(f) 1
69(1)(g) re (a) 31
69(1)(g) re (b) 1
69(1)(g) re (c) 0
69(1)(g) re (d) 0
69(1)(g) re (e) 1
69(1)(g) re (f) 1
69.1(1) 0
2.4 Format of information released
Disposition Paper Electronic Other formats
All disclosed 221 151 3
Disclosed in part 694 884 22
Total 915 1,035 25

2.5 Complexity

2.5.1 Relevant pages processed and disclosed
Disposition of requests Number of pages processed Number of pages disclosed Number of requests
All disclosed 23,304 23,304 375
Disclosed in part 827,213 666,441 1,600
All exempted 7,370 0 16
All excluded 5,570 0 68
Request abandoned 135,345 53,573 362
Total 998,802 743,318 2,421
2.5.2 Relevant pages processed and disclosed by size of requests
Disposition Less than 100 pages processed 101-500 pages processed 501-1000 pages processed 1001-5000 pages processed More than 5000 pages processed
Number of requests Pages disclosed Number of requests Pages disclosed Number of requests Pages disclosed Number of requests Pages disclosed Number of requests Pages disclosed
All disclosed 330 6,101 39 8,084 3 2,063 3 7,056 0 0
Disclosed in part 755 25,816 526 130,924 171 117,309 129 248,556 19 143,836
All exempted 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
All excluded 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Abandoned 312 209 20 4,912 14 10,914 16 37,538 0 0
Total 1,481 32,126 585 143,920 188 130,286 148 293,150 19 143,836
2.5.3 Other complexities
Disposition Consultation required Assessment of fees Legal advice sought Other Total
All disclosed 0 8 0 21 29
Disclosed in part 0 309 1 66 376
All exempted 0 0 0 7 7
All excluded 0 0 0 2 2
Abandoned 0 47 0 17 64
Total 0 364 1 113 478

2.6 Deemed refusals

2.6.1 Reasons for not meeting statutory deadline
Number of requests closed past the statutory deadline Principal Reason
Workload External consultation Internal consultation Other
869 778 6 4 81
2.6.2 Number of days past deadline
Number of days past deadline Number of requests past deadline where no extension was taken Number of requests past deadline where an extension was taken Total
1 to 15 days 27 69 96
16 to 30 days 43 42 85
31 to 60 days 21 76 97
61 to 120 days 28 63 91
121 to 180 days 11 34 45
181 to 365 days 55 164 219
More than 365 days 59 177 236
Total 244 625 869
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 where an extension was taken 9(1)(a)
Interference with operations 		9(1)(b)
Consultation 		9(1)(c)
Third party notice
Section 69 Other
All disclosed 171 0 1 0
Disclosed in part 1,122 0 10 5
All exempted 6 0 1 0
All excluded 43 0 0 0
No records exist 49 0 0 0
Request abandoned 89 0 0 0
Total 1,480 0 12 5
3.2 Length of extensions
Length of extensions 9(1)(a)
Interference with operations 		9(1)(b)
Consultation 		9(1)(c)
Third party notice
Section 69 Other
30 days or less 737 0 4 1
31 to 60 days 361 0 4 2
61 to 120 days 263 0 3 1
121 to 180 days 69 0 1 1
181 to 365 days 47 0 0 0
365 days or more 3 0 0 0
Total 1,480 0 12 5

Part 4 - Fees

Fees Collected
Fee Type Number of requests Amount
Application 2,193 $10,965
Search 2 $780
Production 0 $0
Programming 1 $261
Preparation 1 $116
Alternative format 0 $0
Reproduction 330 $44,683
Total 2,527 $56,805
Fees Waived or Refunded
Fee Type Number of requests Amount
Application 282 $1,410
Search 0 $0
Production 0 $0
Programming 0 $0
Preparation 0 $0
Alternative format 0 $0
Reproduction 0 $0
Total 282 $1,410

Part 5 - Consultations received from other institutions and organizations

5.1 Consultations received from other government institutions and organizations
Consultations Other government institutions Number of pages to review Other organizations Number of pages to review
Received during reporting period 54 2,394 33 6,679
Outstanding from the previous reporting period 15 1,180 0 0
Total 69 3,574 33 6,679
Closed during the reporting period 62 3,296 31 6,402
Pending at the end of the reporting period 7 278 2 277
5.2 Recommendations and completion time for consultations received from other government institutions
Recommendation Number of days required to complete consultation requests
1 to 15 days 16 to 30 days 31 to 60 days 61 to 120 days 121 to 180 days 181 to 365 days More than 365 days Total
Disclose entirely 4 18 6 4 1 0 0 33
Disclose in part 1 2 4 4 2 2 2 17
Exempt entirely 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 6
Exclude entirely 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Consult other institution 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Total 7 24 11 9 4 2 5 62
5.3 Recommendations and completion time for consultations received from other organizations
Recommendation Number of days required to complete consultation requests
1 to 15 days 16 to 30 days 31 to 60 days 61 to 120 days 121 to 180 days 181 to 365 days More than 365 days Total
Disclose entirely 4 6 2 2 3 0 0 17
Disclose in part 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 10
Exempt entirely 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4
Exclude entirely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Consult other institution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6 12 3 6 4 0 0 31

Part 6 - Completion time of consultations on Cabinet confidences

Number of days Number of responses received Number of responses received past deadline
1 to 15 0 0
16 to 30 0 0
31 to 60 0 0
61 to 120 0 0
121 to 180 0 0
181 to 365 0 0
More than 365 0 0
Total 0 0

Part 7 - Resources related to the Access to Information Act

7.1 Costs
Expenditures Amount
Salaries $4,657,056
Overtime $116,100
Goods and Services $1,089,724
Professional services contracts $740,990
Other $348,734
Total $5,862,880
7.2 Human Resources
Resources Dedicated full-time to ATI activities Dedicated part-time to ATI activities Total
Full-time employees 83 0 83
Part-time and casual employees 0 0 0
Regional staff 0 0 0
Consultants and agency personnel 6 0 6
Students 2 0 2
Total 91 0 91
Date modified:
2012-06-29