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

Food Standards Agency
Q1 2024 46 received 80.4% on time 5 withheld
18 granted in full
48.6% disclosure rate
Food Standards Agency
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Q1 2024 452 received 35.2% on time 98 withheld
85 granted in full
22.7% disclosure rate
Foreign, Commonwealth & Devel…
Government Legal Department
Q1 2024 75 received 100.0% on time 17 withheld
15 granted in full
35.7% disclosure rate
Government Legal Department
Health and Safety Executive
Q1 2024 1,042 received 91.5% on time 191 withheld
118 granted in full
27.3% disclosure rate
Health and Safety Executive
HM Land Registry
Q1 2024 89 received 98.9% on time 21 withheld
22 granted in full
34.9% disclosure rate
HM Land Registry
HM Revenue and Customs
Q1 2024 621 received 85.0% on time 236 withheld
194 granted in full
37.7% disclosure rate
HM Revenue & Customs
HM Treasury
Q1 2024 417 received 84.4% on time 108 withheld
76 granted in full
28.3% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Home Office
Q1 2024 1,736 received 80.0% on time 520 withheld
464 granted in full
37.3% disclosure rate
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
Q1 2024 1,454 received 73.7% on time 360 withheld
397 granted in full
37.2% disclosure rate
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Justice
Q1 2024 1,323 received 87.7% on time 374 withheld
313 granted in full
35.0% disclosure rate
Ministry of Justice
National Archives
Q1 2024 7,967 received 50.8% on time 441 withheld
494 granted in full
10.6% disclosure rate
The National Archives
National Savings and Investments
Q1 2024 25 received 100.0% on time 1 withheld
15 granted in full
75.0% disclosure rate
NS&I
Northern Ireland Office
Q1 2024 75 received 81.3% on time 19 withheld
33 granted in full
55.0% disclosure rate
Northern Ireland Office
Office for National Statistics
Q1 2024 159 received 91.2% on time 21 withheld
55 granted in full
61.8% disclosure rate
Office for National Statistics
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Q1 2024 129 received 90.7% on time 39 withheld
20 granted in full
23.3% disclosure rate
Office for Standards in Educa…
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Q1 2024 181 received 97.2% on time 26 withheld
72 granted in full
49.7% disclosure rate
Office of Gas and Electricity…
Office of Rail and Road
Q1 2024 39 received 100.0% on time 8 withheld
17 granted in full
58.6% disclosure rate
Office of Rail and Road
Rural Payments Agency
Q1 2024 95 received 96.8% on time 16 withheld
13 granted in full
33.3% disclosure rate
Rural Payments Agency
Scotland Office
Q1 2024 72 received 98.6% on time 25 withheld
22 granted in full
41.5% disclosure rate
Scotland Office
Serious Fraud Office
Q1 2024 26 received 100.0% on time 13 withheld
2 granted in full
11.8% disclosure rate
Serious Fraud Office
UK Export Finance
Q1 2024 26 received 84.6% on time 7 withheld
3 granted in full
15.8% disclosure rate
UK Export Finance
Wales Office
Q1 2024 52 received 94.2% on time 7 withheld
35 granted in full
74.5% disclosure rate
Wales Office
Water Services Regulation Authority
Q1 2024 56 received 76.8% on time 7 withheld
25 granted in full
54.3% disclosure rate
The Water Services Regulation…
Attorney General's Office
Q4 2023 40 received 97.5% on time 5 withheld
13 granted in full
65.0% disclosure rate
Attorney General's Office
Cabinet Office
Q4 2023 493 received 77.3% on time 153 withheld
93 granted in full
27.2% disclosure rate
Cabinet Office
Charity Commission
Q4 2023 328 received 80.8% on time 67 withheld
30 granted in full
10.6% disclosure rate
The Charity Commission
Competition and Markets Authority
Q4 2023 22 received 77.3% on time 2 withheld
9 granted in full
42.9% disclosure rate
Competition and Markets Autho…
Crown Prosecution Service
Q4 2023 190 received 89.5% on time 100 withheld
42 granted in full
26.9% disclosure rate
Crown Prosecution Service
Debt Management Office
Q4 2023 6 received 100.0% on time
3 granted in full
60.0% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Department for Business and Trade
Q4 2023 234 received 72.6% on time 64 withheld
55 granted in full
30.2% disclosure rate
Department for Business and T…
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Q4 2023 147 received 67.3% on time 43 withheld
24 granted in full
23.1% disclosure rate
Department for Culture, Media…
Department for Education
Q4 2023 619 received 66.9% on time 118 withheld
203 granted in full
46.7% disclosure rate
Department for Education
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Q4 2023 216 received 74.1% on time 49 withheld
61 granted in full
34.9% disclosure rate
Department for Energy Securit…
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Q4 2023 310 received 98.7% on time 123 withheld
51 granted in full
22.3% disclosure rate
Department for Environment Fo…
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Q4 2023 260 received 78.5% on time 104 withheld
39 granted in full
19.7% disclosure rate
Ministry of Housing, Communit…
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Q4 2023 130 received 58.5% on time 22 withheld
25 granted in full
28.4% disclosure rate
Department for Science, Innov…
Department for Transport
Q4 2023 882 received 87.5% on time 181 withheld
365 granted in full
53.1% disclosure rate
Department for Transport
Department for Work and Pensions
Q4 2023 604 received 97.7% on time 211 withheld
201 granted in full
45.7% disclosure rate
Department for Work and Pensi…
Department of Health and Social Care
Q4 2023 356 received 85.4% on time 64 withheld
54 granted in full
27.0% disclosure rate
Department of Health and Soci…
Food Standards Agency
Q4 2023 60 received 96.7% on time 9 withheld
16 granted in full
48.5% disclosure rate
Food Standards Agency
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Q4 2023 320 received 16.9% on time 76 withheld
33 granted in full
12.3% disclosure rate
Foreign, Commonwealth & Devel…
Government Legal Department
Q4 2023 69 received 94.2% on time 11 withheld
20 granted in full
46.5% disclosure rate
Government Legal Department
Health and Safety Executive
Q4 2023 877 received 91.0% on time 162 withheld
58 granted in full
18.0% disclosure rate
Health and Safety Executive
HM Land Registry
Q4 2023 79 received 87.3% on time 19 withheld
23 granted in full
37.1% disclosure rate
HM Land Registry
HM Revenue and Customs
Q4 2023 446 received 89.7% on time 188 withheld
130 granted in full
35.6% disclosure rate
HM Revenue & Customs
HM Treasury
Q4 2023 274 received 83.2% on time 60 withheld
52 granted in full
29.9% disclosure rate
HM Treasury
Home Office
Q4 2023 1,443 received 84.1% on time 392 withheld
436 granted in full
42.8% disclosure rate
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
Q4 2023 1,216 received 73.2% on time 285 withheld
322 granted in full
36.5% disclosure rate
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Justice
Q4 2023 1,141 received 87.8% on time 344 withheld
303 granted in full
39.5% disclosure rate
Ministry of Justice
National Archives
Q4 2023 8,090 received 49.1% on time 433 withheld
423 granted in full
9.1% disclosure rate
The National Archives