FOI Compliance Statistics

Cabinet Office quarterly FOI statistics covering ~75 central government bodies. Tracks timeliness (20-day deadline compliance), disclosure rates, refusals, and ICO complaint rates.

2,576
Body-Quarter Records
87.6%
Avg On-Time (Q3 2025)
24,216
Requests (Q3 2025)

National Totals — Q3 2025

24,216
Requests Received
6,099
Granted in Full
5,755
Fully Withheld
2,380
Late Responses

Source: Cabinet Office quarterly FOI statistics (national statistics). Covers all monitored central government bodies.

National Trend

Average on-time compliance rate & requests received across all central government bodies

On-time rate (avg %) Fully withheld (%) Total requests received

Showing 2576 records

Attorney General's Office
Q3 2025 108 received 95.4% on time 12 withheld
36 granted in full
62.1% disclosure rate
Attorney General's Office
Cabinet Office
Q3 2025 673 received 75.5% on time 257 withheld
107 granted in full
22.7% disclosure rate
Cabinet Office
Charity Commission
Q3 2025 399 received 94.5% on time 106 withheld
44 granted in full
12.8% disclosure rate
The Charity Commission
Competition and Markets Authority
Q3 2025 60 received 93.3% on time 28 withheld
22 granted in full
40.0% disclosure rate
Competition and Markets Autho…
Crown Prosecution Service
Q3 2025 294 received 85.4% on time 152 withheld
63 granted in full
25.7% disclosure rate
Crown Prosecution Service
Debt Management Office
Q3 2025 19 received 100.0% on time
7 granted in full
53.8% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Department for Business and Trade
Q3 2025 379 received 81.8% on time 109 withheld
86 granted in full
30.4% disclosure rate
Department for Business and T…
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Q3 2025 239 received 84.1% on time 91 withheld
45 granted in full
27.1% disclosure rate
Department for Culture, Media…
Department for Education
Q3 2025 705 received 79.4% on time 161 withheld
249 granted in full
46.5% disclosure rate
Department for Education
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Q3 2025 413 received 78.7% on time 122 withheld
135 granted in full
39.1% disclosure rate
Department for Energy Securit…
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Q3 2025 407 received 97.1% on time 177 withheld
54 granted in full
17.6% disclosure rate
Department for Environment Fo…
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Q3 2025 355 received 91.8% on time 140 withheld
58 granted in full
20.6% disclosure rate
Department for Science, Innov…
Department for Transport
Q3 2025 963 received 89.0% on time 192 withheld
400 granted in full
54.1% disclosure rate
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
Q3 2025 1,091 received 92.1% on time 499 withheld
264 granted in full
31.9% disclosure rate
Department for Work and Pensi…
Department of Health and Social Care
Q3 2025 513 received 85.6% on time 100 withheld
114 granted in full
32.9% disclosure rate
Department of Health and Soci…
Food Standards Agency
Q3 2025 55 received 96.4% on time 9 withheld
24 granted in full
58.5% disclosure rate
Food Standards Agency
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Q3 2025 532 received 41.5% on time 161 withheld
82 granted in full
18.6% disclosure rate
Foreign, Commonwealth & Devel…
Government Legal Department
Q3 2025 106 received 90.6% on time 33 withheld
28 granted in full
35.4% disclosure rate
Government Legal Department
Health and Safety Executive
Q3 2025 1,129 received 74.7% on time 176 withheld
97 granted in full
20.4% disclosure rate
Health and Safety Executive
HM Land Registry
Q3 2025 60 received 93.3% on time 23 withheld
18 granted in full
35.3% disclosure rate
HM Land Registry
HM Revenue and Customs
Q3 2025 894 received 81.9% on time 386 withheld
224 granted in full
30.1% disclosure rate
HM Revenue & Customs
HM Treasury
Q3 2025 427 received 85.0% on time 178 withheld
68 granted in full
22.7% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Home Office
Q3 2025 2,469 received 67.1% on time 745 withheld
624 granted in full
33.2% disclosure rate
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
Q3 2025 1,561 received 74.6% on time 452 withheld
365 granted in full
32.0% disclosure rate
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Q3 2025 355 received 86.5% on time 125 withheld
110 granted in full
39.0% disclosure rate
Ministry of Housing, Communit…
Ministry of Justice
Q3 2025 1,315 received 85.3% on time 308 withheld
295 granted in full
38.1% disclosure rate
Ministry of Justice
National Archives
Q3 2025 7,706 received 93.3% on time 847 withheld
2,093 granted in full
46.2% disclosure rate
The National Archives
National Savings and Investments
Q3 2025 31 received 96.8% on time 1 withheld
22 granted in full
78.6% disclosure rate
NS&I
Northern Ireland Office
Q3 2025 84 received 88.1% on time 20 withheld
37 granted in full
57.8% disclosure rate
Northern Ireland Office
Office for National Statistics
Q3 2025 158 received 94.9% on time 33 withheld
47 granted in full
51.6% disclosure rate
Office for National Statistics
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Q3 2025 109 received 88.1% on time 25 withheld
32 granted in full
39.0% disclosure rate
Office for Standards in Educa…
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Q3 2025 207 received 88.4% on time 34 withheld
93 granted in full
53.8% disclosure rate
Office of Gas and Electricity…
Office of Rail and Road
Q3 2025 46 received 100.0% on time 4 withheld
27 granted in full
79.4% disclosure rate
Office of Rail and Road
Rural Payments Agency
Q3 2025 124 received 100.0% on time 9 withheld
26 granted in full
50.0% disclosure rate
Rural Payments Agency
Scotland Office
Q3 2025 57 received 94.7% on time 11 withheld
19 granted in full
63.3% disclosure rate
Scotland Office
Serious Fraud Office
Q3 2025 34 received 97.1% on time 9 withheld
14 granted in full
48.3% disclosure rate
Serious Fraud Office
UK Export Finance
Q3 2025 27 received 88.9% on time 5 withheld
9 granted in full
45.0% disclosure rate
UK Export Finance
Wales Office
Q3 2025 57 received 93.0% on time 5 withheld
33 granted in full
76.7% disclosure rate
Wales Office
Water Services Regulation Authority
Q3 2025 55 received 92.7% on time 10 withheld
28 granted in full
63.6% disclosure rate
The Water Services Regulation…
Attorney General's Office
Q2 2025 92 received 95.7% on time 7 withheld
29 granted in full
67.4% disclosure rate
Attorney General's Office
Cabinet Office
Q2 2025 578 received 80.8% on time 217 withheld
76 granted in full
18.8% disclosure rate
Cabinet Office
Charity Commission
Q2 2025 411 received 86.9% on time 87 withheld
37 granted in full
10.0% disclosure rate
The Charity Commission
Competition and Markets Authority
Q2 2025 57 received 91.2% on time 21 withheld
17 granted in full
31.5% disclosure rate
Competition and Markets Autho…
Crown Prosecution Service
Q2 2025 290 received 84.8% on time 141 withheld
64 granted in full
28.3% disclosure rate
Crown Prosecution Service
Debt Management Office
Q2 2025 11 received 100.0% on time
7 granted in full
77.8% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Department for Business and Trade
Q2 2025 340 received 83.2% on time 93 withheld
52 granted in full
21.8% disclosure rate
Department for Business and T…
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Q2 2025 172 received 86.6% on time 54 withheld
32 granted in full
28.1% disclosure rate
Department for Culture, Media…
Department for Education
Q2 2025 682 received 83.6% on time 128 withheld
248 granted in full
50.4% disclosure rate
Department for Education
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Q2 2025 365 received 73.7% on time 80 withheld
98 granted in full
36.6% disclosure rate
Department for Energy Securit…
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Q2 2025 368 received 98.1% on time 153 withheld
41 granted in full
15.3% disclosure rate
Department for Environment Fo…