Publicly available information regarding access to information requests made to Health Canada, outcomes of requests and exemptions related to third party information invoked under section 20 of the Access to Information Act from 2000 to 20109–14
| Fiscal year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | |
| Requests and disclosures | ||||||||||
| New requests | 1345 | 1474 | 1367 | 1543 | 1363 | 1842 | 1442 | NA | 1158 | 1481 |
| Requests processed | 1349 | 1537 | NA | 1353 | 1445 | 1538 | 1644 | NA | 950 | 1504 |
| Complete disclosure | 471 | 475 | NA | 478 | 521 | 627 | 413 | NA | NA | 274 |
| Partial disclosure | 464 | 545 | NA | 431 | 482 | 483 | 806 | NA | NA | 756 |
| No disclosure | 114 | 93 | NA | 66 | 48 | 118 | 43 | NA | NA | 43 |
| Exemptions invoked under the act, by category | ||||||||||
| Responsibilities of government | 74 | 85 | NA | 62 | 76 | 122 | 249 | NA | NA | NA |
| Personal information | 84 | 133 | NA | 125 | 208 | 186 | 535 | NA | NA | NA |
| Third party information | 1053 | 966 | NA | 580 | 593 | 526 | 1203 | NA | NA | NA |
| Operations of government | 187 | 188 | NA | 162 | 147 | 185 | 363 | NA | NA | NA |
| Exemptions invoked under the act, by type of third party information | ||||||||||
| Trade secrets | 117 | 124 | NA | 98 | 55 | 61 | 156 | NA | NA | NA |
| Confidential information | 403 | 359 | NA | 343 | 356 | 380 | 560 | NA | NA | NA |
| Prejudicial information | 398 | 340 | NA | 111 | 148 | 75 | 312 | NA | NA | NA |
| Contractual information | 135 | 143 | NA | 28 | 34 | 10 | 175 | NA | NA | NA |
Note: NA = not available.
Note that multiple exemptions can be invoked with respect to each access to information request.