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

Rural Payments Agency
Q4 2024 98 received 99.0% on time 5 withheld
13 granted in full
44.8% disclosure rate
Rural Payments Agency
Scotland Office
Q4 2024 67 received 97.0% on time 10 withheld
17 granted in full
48.6% disclosure rate
Scotland Office
Serious Fraud Office
Q4 2024 23 received 91.3% on time 4 withheld
8 granted in full
66.7% disclosure rate
Serious Fraud Office
UK Export Finance
Q4 2024 36 received 69.4% on time 13 withheld
5 granted in full
16.1% disclosure rate
UK Export Finance
Wales Office
Q4 2024 30 received 96.7% on time 1 withheld
21 granted in full
87.5% disclosure rate
Wales Office
Water Services Regulation Authority
Q4 2024 44 received 88.6% on time 10 withheld
15 granted in full
42.9% disclosure rate
The Water Services Regulation…
Attorney General's Office
Q3 2024 45 received 73.3% on time 7 withheld
15 granted in full
60.0% disclosure rate
Attorney General's Office
Cabinet Office
Q3 2024 511 received 77.3% on time 143 withheld
96 granted in full
27.6% disclosure rate
Cabinet Office
Charity Commission
Q3 2024 343 received 88.0% on time 77 withheld
34 granted in full
11.1% disclosure rate
The Charity Commission
Competition and Markets Authority
Q3 2024 26 received 84.6% on time 13 withheld
11 granted in full
42.3% disclosure rate
Competition and Markets Autho…
Crown Prosecution Service
Q3 2024 197 received 89.3% on time 76 withheld
60 granted in full
39.0% disclosure rate
Crown Prosecution Service
Debt Management Office
Q3 2024 9 received 100.0% on time
5 granted in full
62.5% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Department for Business and Trade
Q3 2024 252 received 75.4% on time 58 withheld
52 granted in full
26.9% disclosure rate
Department for Business and T…
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Q3 2024 120 received 67.5% on time 24 withheld
23 granted in full
28.8% disclosure rate
Department for Culture, Media…
Department for Education
Q3 2024 579 received 81.0% on time 98 withheld
216 granted in full
53.3% disclosure rate
Department for Education
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Q3 2024 276 received 73.6% on time 58 withheld
77 granted in full
37.6% disclosure rate
Department for Energy Securit…
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Q3 2024 257 received 96.9% on time 85 withheld
46 granted in full
22.9% disclosure rate
Department for Environment Fo…
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Q3 2024 146 received 100.0% on time 15 withheld
44 granted in full
48.4% disclosure rate
Department for Science, Innov…
Department for Transport
Q3 2024 732 received 91.3% on time 87 withheld
376 granted in full
62.5% disclosure rate
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
Q3 2024 776 received 98.1% on time 280 withheld
261 granted in full
44.5% disclosure rate
Department for Work and Pensi…
Department of Health and Social Care
Q3 2024 341 received 86.8% on time 41 withheld
63 granted in full
33.3% disclosure rate
Department of Health and Soci…
Food Standards Agency
Q3 2024 25 received 88.0% on time 6 withheld
7 granted in full
46.7% disclosure rate
Food Standards Agency
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Q3 2024 402 received 65.7% on time 143 withheld
55 granted in full
16.0% disclosure rate
Foreign, Commonwealth & Devel…
Government Legal Department
Q3 2024 68 received 92.6% on time 11 withheld
16 granted in full
39.0% disclosure rate
Government Legal Department
Health and Safety Executive
Q3 2024 977 received 89.0% on time 193 withheld
85 granted in full
20.7% disclosure rate
Health and Safety Executive
HM Land Registry
Q3 2024 68 received 97.1% on time 17 withheld
15 granted in full
29.4% disclosure rate
HM Land Registry
HM Revenue and Customs
Q3 2024 592 received 90.2% on time 242 withheld
182 granted in full
36.9% disclosure rate
HM Revenue & Customs
HM Treasury
Q3 2024 382 received 69.1% on time 125 withheld
32 granted in full
12.1% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Home Office
Q3 2024 1,534 received 80.5% on time 385 withheld
422 granted in full
39.4% disclosure rate
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
Q3 2024 1,237 received 79.3% on time 262 withheld
334 granted in full
37.4% disclosure rate
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Q3 2024 205 received 88.8% on time 62 withheld
55 granted in full
37.9% disclosure rate
Ministry of Housing, Communit…
Ministry of Justice
Q3 2024 1,092 received 89.9% on time 267 withheld
285 granted in full
42.1% disclosure rate
Ministry of Justice
National Archives
Q3 2024 8,247 received 47.9% on time 273 withheld
381 granted in full
8.1% disclosure rate
The National Archives
National Savings and Investments
Q3 2024 16 received 100.0% on time
13 granted in full
92.9% disclosure rate
NS&I
Northern Ireland Office
Q3 2024 52 received 90.4% on time 19 withheld
23 granted in full
48.9% disclosure rate
Northern Ireland Office
Office for National Statistics
Q3 2024 124 received 91.9% on time 17 withheld
28 granted in full
48.3% disclosure rate
Office for National Statistics
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Q3 2024 88 received 90.9% on time 24 withheld
19 granted in full
33.9% disclosure rate
Office for Standards in Educa…
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Q3 2024 234 received 97.4% on time 51 withheld
76 granted in full
42.2% disclosure rate
Office of Gas and Electricity…
Office of Rail and Road
Q3 2024 39 received 100.0% on time 7 withheld
20 granted in full
66.7% disclosure rate
Office of Rail and Road
Rural Payments Agency
Q3 2024 95 received 96.8% on time 6 withheld
11 granted in full
33.3% disclosure rate
Rural Payments Agency
Scotland Office
Q3 2024 50 received 96.0% on time 9 withheld
9 granted in full
39.1% disclosure rate
Scotland Office
Serious Fraud Office
Q3 2024 29 received 100.0% on time 11 withheld
9 granted in full
39.1% disclosure rate
Serious Fraud Office
UK Export Finance
Q3 2024 23 received 87.0% on time 5 withheld
6 granted in full
35.3% disclosure rate
UK Export Finance
Wales Office
Q3 2024 32 received 96.9% on time 4 withheld
25 granted in full
86.2% disclosure rate
Wales Office
Water Services Regulation Authority
Q3 2024 46 received 95.7% on time 11 withheld
22 granted in full
56.4% disclosure rate
The Water Services Regulation…
Attorney General's Office
Q2 2024 43 received 93.0% on time 3 withheld
15 granted in full
75.0% disclosure rate
Attorney General's Office
Cabinet Office
Q2 2024 466 received 76.4% on time 169 withheld
76 granted in full
22.0% disclosure rate
Cabinet Office
Charity Commission
Q2 2024 353 received 83.0% on time 74 withheld
21 granted in full
6.7% disclosure rate
The Charity Commission
Competition and Markets Authority
Q2 2024 37 received 97.3% on time 12 withheld
14 granted in full
42.4% disclosure rate
Competition and Markets Autho…
Crown Prosecution Service
Q2 2024 187 received 89.3% on time 79 withheld
47 granted in full
32.6% disclosure rate
Crown Prosecution Service