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

Debt Management Office
Q2 2024 12 received 100.0% on time
4 granted in full
40.0% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Department for Business and Trade
Q2 2024 256 received 79.3% on time 68 withheld
49 granted in full
24.0% disclosure rate
Department for Business and T…
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Q2 2024 131 received 62.6% on time 43 withheld
15 granted in full
15.8% disclosure rate
Department for Culture, Media…
Department for Education
Q2 2024 603 received 84.2% on time 143 withheld
213 granted in full
46.2% disclosure rate
Department for Education
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Q2 2024 267 received 80.5% on time 82 withheld
61 granted in full
30.3% disclosure rate
Department for Energy Securit…
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Q2 2024 313 received 97.4% on time 120 withheld
49 granted in full
22.5% disclosure rate
Department for Environment Fo…
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Q2 2024 210 received 79.5% on time 68 withheld
60 granted in full
36.1% disclosure rate
Ministry of Housing, Communit…
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Q2 2024 136 received 86.8% on time 32 withheld
32 granted in full
35.2% disclosure rate
Department for Science, Innov…
Department for Transport
Q2 2024 802 received 89.8% on time 128 withheld
361 granted in full
58.9% disclosure rate
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
Q2 2024 657 received 98.0% on time 285 withheld
199 granted in full
38.9% disclosure rate
Department for Work and Pensi…
Department of Health and Social Care
Q2 2024 398 received 85.9% on time 66 withheld
90 granted in full
35.7% disclosure rate
Department of Health and Soci…
Food Standards Agency
Q2 2024 38 received 86.8% on time 9 withheld
12 granted in full
44.4% disclosure rate
Food Standards Agency
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Q2 2024 387 received 44.7% on time 111 withheld
64 granted in full
20.2% disclosure rate
Foreign, Commonwealth & Devel…
Government Legal Department
Q2 2024 70 received 94.3% on time 14 withheld
21 granted in full
41.2% disclosure rate
Government Legal Department
Health and Safety Executive
Q2 2024 1,015 received 91.2% on time 203 withheld
78 granted in full
20.3% disclosure rate
Health and Safety Executive
HM Land Registry
Q2 2024 72 received 97.2% on time 17 withheld
16 granted in full
30.8% disclosure rate
HM Land Registry
HM Revenue and Customs
Q2 2024 574 received 88.5% on time 246 withheld
177 granted in full
36.1% disclosure rate
HM Revenue & Customs
HM Treasury
Q2 2024 280 received 85.4% on time 88 withheld
55 granted in full
29.4% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Home Office
Q2 2024 1,402 received 84.3% on time 337 withheld
463 granted in full
46.1% disclosure rate
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
Q2 2024 1,234 received 72.7% on time 278 withheld
319 granted in full
35.5% disclosure rate
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Justice
Q2 2024 1,155 received 88.9% on time 268 withheld
314 granted in full
43.0% disclosure rate
Ministry of Justice
National Archives
Q2 2024 8,594 received 48.1% on time 348 withheld
387 granted in full
7.8% disclosure rate
The National Archives
National Savings and Investments
Q2 2024 23 received 100.0% on time 2 withheld
10 granted in full
55.6% disclosure rate
NS&I
Northern Ireland Office
Q2 2024 48 received 89.6% on time 7 withheld
24 granted in full
64.9% disclosure rate
Northern Ireland Office
Office for National Statistics
Q2 2024 146 received 92.5% on time 9 withheld
44 granted in full
72.1% disclosure rate
Office for National Statistics
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Q2 2024 95 received 91.6% on time 34 withheld
19 granted in full
28.4% disclosure rate
Office for Standards in Educa…
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Q2 2024 148 received 98.0% on time 30 withheld
62 granted in full
49.6% disclosure rate
Office of Gas and Electricity…
Office of Rail and Road
Q2 2024 43 received 100.0% on time 6 withheld
23 granted in full
71.9% disclosure rate
Office of Rail and Road
Rural Payments Agency
Q2 2024 65 received 96.9% on time 7 withheld
9 granted in full
34.6% disclosure rate
Rural Payments Agency
Scotland Office
Q2 2024 28 received 100.0% on time 2 withheld
9 granted in full
64.3% disclosure rate
Scotland Office
Serious Fraud Office
Q2 2024 14 received 100.0% on time 9 withheld
2 granted in full
16.7% disclosure rate
Serious Fraud Office
UK Export Finance
Q2 2024 21 received 85.7% on time 8 withheld
5 granted in full
33.3% disclosure rate
UK Export Finance
Wales Office
Q2 2024 25 received 96.0% on time
17 granted in full
89.5% disclosure rate
Wales Office
Water Services Regulation Authority
Q2 2024 54 received 94.4% on time 11 withheld
26 granted in full
61.9% disclosure rate
The Water Services Regulation…
Attorney General's Office
Q1 2024 74 received 93.2% on time 8 withheld
25 granted in full
71.4% disclosure rate
Attorney General's Office
Cabinet Office
Q1 2024 596 received 77.7% on time 197 withheld
92 granted in full
22.1% disclosure rate
Cabinet Office
Charity Commission
Q1 2024 414 received 83.8% on time 85 withheld
34 granted in full
9.3% disclosure rate
The Charity Commission
Competition and Markets Authority
Q1 2024 37 received 97.3% on time 16 withheld
12 granted in full
35.3% disclosure rate
Competition and Markets Autho…
Crown Prosecution Service
Q1 2024 272 received 92.6% on time 119 withheld
59 granted in full
30.7% disclosure rate
Crown Prosecution Service
Debt Management Office
Q1 2024 9 received 100.0% on time
7 granted in full
77.8% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Department for Business and Trade
Q1 2024 377 received 73.2% on time 108 withheld
55 granted in full
19.4% disclosure rate
Department for Business and T…
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Q1 2024 171 received 58.5% on time 40 withheld
30 granted in full
24.2% disclosure rate
Department for Culture, Media…
Department for Education
Q1 2024 718 received 66.6% on time 156 withheld
263 granted in full
49.4% disclosure rate
Department for Education
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Q1 2024 273 received 81.3% on time 75 withheld
76 granted in full
33.9% disclosure rate
Department for Energy Securit…
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Q1 2024 398 received 98.5% on time 150 withheld
74 granted in full
25.6% disclosure rate
Department for Environment Fo…
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Q1 2024 325 received 73.2% on time 132 withheld
47 granted in full
19.0% disclosure rate
Ministry of Housing, Communit…
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Q1 2024 172 received 43.6% on time 37 withheld
34 granted in full
29.8% disclosure rate
Department for Science, Innov…
Department for Transport
Q1 2024 945 received 92.0% on time 183 withheld
435 granted in full
59.8% disclosure rate
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
Q1 2024 747 received 97.2% on time 288 withheld
204 granted in full
37.4% disclosure rate
Department for Work and Pensi…
Department of Health and Social Care
Q1 2024 530 received 87.2% on time 66 withheld
95 granted in full
33.9% disclosure rate
Department of Health and Soci…