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

Home Office
Q1 2025 2,054 received 83.1% on time 625 withheld
523 granted in full
37.4% disclosure rate
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
Q1 2025 1,370 received 75.5% on time 356 withheld
316 granted in full
33.2% disclosure rate
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Q1 2025 274 received 88.3% on time 110 withheld
71 granted in full
33.3% disclosure rate
Ministry of Housing, Communit…
Ministry of Justice
Q1 2025 1,276 received 88.2% on time 292 withheld
307 granted in full
41.2% disclosure rate
Ministry of Justice
National Archives
Q1 2025 8,176 received 45.5% on time 350 withheld
583 granted in full
11.5% disclosure rate
The National Archives
National Savings and Investments
Q1 2025 28 received 96.4% on time 1 withheld
21 granted in full
91.3% disclosure rate
NS&I
Northern Ireland Office
Q1 2025 62 received 90.3% on time 16 withheld
28 granted in full
56.0% disclosure rate
Northern Ireland Office
Office for National Statistics
Q1 2025 155 received 93.5% on time 18 withheld
52 granted in full
63.4% disclosure rate
Office for National Statistics
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Q1 2025 116 received 83.6% on time 29 withheld
22 granted in full
28.9% disclosure rate
Office for Standards in Educa…
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Q1 2025 184 received 95.7% on time 31 withheld
98 granted in full
61.6% disclosure rate
Office of Gas and Electricity…
Office of Rail and Road
Q1 2025 40 received 100.0% on time 2 withheld
28 granted in full
87.5% disclosure rate
Office of Rail and Road
Rural Payments Agency
Q1 2025 152 received 98.0% on time 12 withheld
30 granted in full
42.3% disclosure rate
Rural Payments Agency
Scotland Office
Q1 2025 65 received 93.8% on time 10 withheld
13 granted in full
37.1% disclosure rate
Scotland Office
Serious Fraud Office
Q1 2025 37 received 100.0% on time 13 withheld
16 granted in full
51.6% disclosure rate
Serious Fraud Office
UK Export Finance
Q1 2025 46 received 91.3% on time 15 withheld
13 granted in full
34.2% disclosure rate
UK Export Finance
Wales Office
Q1 2025 45 received 97.8% on time 1 withheld
30 granted in full
90.9% disclosure rate
Wales Office
Water Services Regulation Authority
Q1 2025 49 received 75.5% on time 9 withheld
17 granted in full
42.5% disclosure rate
The Water Services Regulation…
Attorney General's Office
Q4 2024 56 received 85.7% on time 10 withheld
18 granted in full
58.1% disclosure rate
Attorney General's Office
Cabinet Office
Q4 2024 555 received 78.7% on time 159 withheld
87 granted in full
23.2% disclosure rate
Cabinet Office
Charity Commission
Q4 2024 335 received 86.3% on time 79 withheld
28 granted in full
9.4% disclosure rate
The Charity Commission
Competition and Markets Authority
Q4 2024 37 received 89.2% on time 17 withheld
12 granted in full
35.3% disclosure rate
Competition and Markets Autho…
Crown Prosecution Service
Q4 2024 222 received 92.3% on time 97 withheld
49 granted in full
29.3% disclosure rate
Crown Prosecution Service
Debt Management Office
Q4 2024 5 received 100.0% on time
1 granted in full
25.0% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Department for Business and Trade
Q4 2024 275 received 80.4% on time 95 withheld
53 granted in full
23.7% disclosure rate
Department for Business and T…
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Q4 2024 161 received 60.2% on time 32 withheld
27 granted in full
27.3% disclosure rate
Department for Culture, Media…
Department for Education
Q4 2024 620 received 84.5% on time 116 withheld
229 granted in full
50.9% disclosure rate
Department for Education
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Q4 2024 341 received 64.2% on time 69 withheld
89 granted in full
33.7% disclosure rate
Department for Energy Securit…
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Q4 2024 304 received 97.4% on time 113 withheld
35 granted in full
17.2% disclosure rate
Department for Environment Fo…
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Q4 2024 146 received 100.0% on time 26 withheld
31 granted in full
38.8% disclosure rate
Department for Science, Innov…
Department for Transport
Q4 2024 794 received 85.8% on time 130 withheld
347 granted in full
56.9% disclosure rate
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
Q4 2024 797 received 97.2% on time 275 withheld
265 granted in full
45.8% disclosure rate
Department for Work and Pensi…
Department of Health and Social Care
Q4 2024 396 received 83.6% on time 57 withheld
72 granted in full
30.9% disclosure rate
Department of Health and Soci…
Food Standards Agency
Q4 2024 48 received 79.2% on time 10 withheld
13 granted in full
39.4% disclosure rate
Food Standards Agency
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Q4 2024 329 received 56.2% on time 107 withheld
40 granted in full
15.0% disclosure rate
Foreign, Commonwealth & Devel…
Government Legal Department
Q4 2024 52 received 92.3% on time 18 withheld
13 granted in full
35.1% disclosure rate
Government Legal Department
Health and Safety Executive
Q4 2024 1,036 received 84.8% on time 193 withheld
125 granted in full
28.7% disclosure rate
Health and Safety Executive
HM Land Registry
Q4 2024 73 received 94.5% on time 26 withheld
24 granted in full
41.4% disclosure rate
HM Land Registry
HM Revenue and Customs
Q4 2024 538 received 91.3% on time 248 withheld
128 granted in full
29.0% disclosure rate
HM Revenue & Customs
HM Treasury
Q4 2024 436 received 80.3% on time 154 withheld
71 granted in full
25.3% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Home Office
Q4 2024 1,662 received 79.7% on time 453 withheld
450 granted in full
38.1% disclosure rate
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
Q4 2024 1,219 received 75.2% on time 304 withheld
308 granted in full
34.5% disclosure rate
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Q4 2024 241 received 89.6% on time 81 withheld
71 granted in full
38.4% disclosure rate
Ministry of Housing, Communit…
Ministry of Justice
Q4 2024 1,181 received 88.9% on time 298 withheld
276 granted in full
39.1% disclosure rate
Ministry of Justice
National Archives
Q4 2024 7,772 received 54.5% on time 287 withheld
334 granted in full
8.4% disclosure rate
The National Archives
National Savings and Investments
Q4 2024 18 received 94.4% on time 2 withheld
13 granted in full
76.5% disclosure rate
NS&I
Northern Ireland Office
Q4 2024 51 received 88.2% on time 6 withheld
32 granted in full
72.7% disclosure rate
Northern Ireland Office
Office for National Statistics
Q4 2024 120 received 88.3% on time 13 withheld
31 granted in full
57.4% disclosure rate
Office for National Statistics
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Q4 2024 65 received 87.7% on time 27 withheld
9 granted in full
18.4% disclosure rate
Office for Standards in Educa…
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Q4 2024 181 received 97.2% on time 23 withheld
84 granted in full
57.9% disclosure rate
Office of Gas and Electricity…
Office of Rail and Road
Q4 2024 33 received 97.0% on time 5 withheld
16 granted in full
69.6% disclosure rate
Office of Rail and Road