Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 2, Administration of FOIP. Updated 7 March 2023. 3 The Minister of Justice and Attorney General transmits to the Speaker of the Assembly an Annual Report on the administration of FOIP and The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulations (FOIP Regulations). The Annual Report breaks down the administration of FOIP and the FOIP Regulations for each government institution. The requirement for an Annual Report and its contents is outlined at section 63 of FOIP. Each year, the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General collects and reports statistical information regarding the exercise of and compliance with access rights under FOIP. The reports provide statistical information both by individual government institutions and by the total provincial government administration.2 The reports are divided into two categories: general and personal. Applications for general information refer to records in the possession or under the control of a government institution other than those described as personal information in section 24 of FOIP. Applications for personal information refer to records in the possession or under the control of a government institution described in section 24 of FOIP. The Minister’s Annual Report breaks down: • The number of applications received government-wide, their status, the processing time in completing the applications, the fees estimated and collected. • Exemptions applied to deny access. • The number of general information requests received by each government institution, action taken, and fees estimated and collected. • The number of personal information requests received by each government institution, action taken, and fees estimated and collected.3 2 Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2016-2017, The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, at p. 6. 3 Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2016-2017, The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, at p. 6.
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