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Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations responses published by central government. Each record links to the response on GOV.UK.

12,454 published responses 109 organisations

This page also holds the Cabinet Office's figures on how quickly central government bodies answer FOI requests: requests answered on time, Q1 2026.

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Sources: the GOV.UK Search API (FOI release document type) and the Cabinet Office and Ministry of Justice FOI statistics. Content published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

What this collection holds

Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations responses that central government bodies have chosen to publish on GOV.UK. They are collected through the GOV.UK search API. The collection holds 12,454 responses from 109 named publishers, published between April 2004 and 27 October 2026.

Most FOI answers are never published, so this is not a record of every request a body receives. The Cabinet Office's figures on the Answered on time tab count all requests to central government. To find FOI requests made to councils, the NHS, police and other public bodies, search WhatDoTheyKnow ↗.

Responses by year all years

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Published FOI and EIR responses by year · selected publishers and organisations
Publication yearPublished responses
20041
2005202
2006254
2007199
200886
200982
201096
201195
2012128
2013155
2014302
201555
20171
20181
20212
20242

The number of responses published each year reflects how much bodies publish on GOV.UK, not how many requests they receive. The current year is incomplete. Publisher and organisation selections apply to this chart. Text search and year filters affect the results list only. Responses without a recorded publication date are left out.

Publishers 109 named

Show every publisher and its number of responses
PublisherPublished responses
Publisher not recorded2
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments10
Animal and Plant Health Agency88
Armed Forces' Pay Review Body1
Attorney General's Office33
Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner6
Bona Vacantia115
Cabinet Office8
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science3
Civil Nuclear Constabulary476
Civil Nuclear Police Authority686
Civil Procedure Rule Committee6
Committee on Standards in Public Life42
Companies House175
Council for Science and Technology2
Defence Equipment and Support42
Defence Infrastructure Organisation1
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory1
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy5
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade1
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills148
Department for Culture, Media and Sport13
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (2017 to 2023)14
Department for Education164
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero1
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs1,033
Department for International Development12
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology53
Department for Transport13
Department for Work and Pensions103
Department of Energy & Climate Change599
Department of Health and Social Care38
DfT OLR Holdings Limited1
DfT Operator Limited1
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency50
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency10
Driving Standards Agency518
Environment Agency1
FCDO Services 112
FCO Services40
Foreign & Commonwealth Office1,159
Forensic Science Regulator27
Government Digital Service2
Government Legal Department10
Government Office for Science1
Groceries Code Adjudicator43
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited1
Highways Agency91
Highways England742
HM Courts & Tribunals Service2
HM Land Registry24
HM Passport Office14
HM Revenue & Customs25
HM Treasury152
Home Office1,648
Homes and Communities Agency210
Homes England79
Immigration Advice Authority5
Intellectual Property Office275
Joint Forces Command1
Legal Aid Agency1
Low Pay Commission42
Marine Management Organisation2
Maritime and Coastguard Agency11
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency161
Ministry of Defence515
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)119
Ministry of Justice89
Monitor260
National Data Guardian3
National Fraud Authority1
Natural England1
NHS Trust Development Authority1
Northern Ireland Office22
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority15
Office for Responsible Business Conduct1
Office for the Pay Review Bodies43
Office of Manpower Economics46
Office of the Advocate General for Scotland207
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner3
Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies15
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland144
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales593
Ofqual2
Ofsted17
Planning Inspectorate5
Public Health England36
Pubs Code Adjudicator53
Radioactive Waste Management13
Rural Payments Agency59
Security Industry Authority394
Serious Fraud Office34
Single Source Regulations Office10
Social Security Advisory Committee12
Student Loans Company9
Surveillance Camera Commissioner1
The Insolvency Service24
Trade Remedies Authority53
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain1
Treasury Solicitor’s Department4
UK Atomic Energy Authority5
UK Commission for Employment and Skills12
UK Hydrographic Office1
UK Space Agency44
UK Trade & Investment2
UK Visas and Immigration3
Valuation Office Agency6
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency116
Veterinary Medicines Directorate76
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales29

Requests answered on time, Q1 2026

The share of FOI requests each body answered within the 20 working day deadline, as published by the Cabinet Office in its quarterly Freedom of Information statistics ↗. Every body in the held quarter is listed alphabetically. These statistics are no longer refreshed; the held edition is Q1 2026.

Central government bodies, Q1 2026, as published by the Cabinet Office
BodyRequests receivedAnswered within 20 working days% within 20 days% in time, including permitted extensions
Attorney General's Office 80 73 91.3% 95.0%
Cabinet Office 671 469 69.9% 86.3%
Charity Commission 446 431 96.6% 96.6%
Competition and Markets Authority 62 53 85.5% 93.5%
Crown Prosecution Service 242 208 86.0% 92.6%
Debt Management Office 7 7 100.0% 100.0%
Department for Business and Trade 376 252 67.0% 83.2%
Department for Culture, Media and Sport 164 143 87.2% 100.0%
Department for Education 690 534 77.4% 83.9%
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 389 296 76.1% 91.8%
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 491 486 99.0% 100.0%
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 276 203 73.6% 94.9%
Department for Transport 960 842 87.7% 90.8%
Department for Work and Pensions 844 792 93.8% 95.6%
Department of Health and Social Care 436 370 84.9% 90.8%
Food Standards Agency 68 64 94.1% 100.0%
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 532 266 50.0% 65.6%
Government Legal Department 57 52 91.2% 98.2%
Health and Safety Executive 1,101 694 63.0% 64.8%
HM Land Registry 64 57 89.1% 89.1%
HM Revenue and Customs 752 668 88.8% 90.0%
HM Treasury 377 320 84.9% 95.8%
Home Office 2,151 1,626 75.6% 90.2%
Ministry of Defence 1,357 1,006 74.1% 82.3%
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 331 260 78.5% 87.0%
Ministry of Justice 1,235 989 80.1% 83.2%
National Archives 5,621 5,101 90.9% 94.7%
National Savings and Investments 25 24 96.0% 96.0%
Northern Ireland Office 68 57 83.8% 97.1%
Office for National Statistics 89 85 95.5% 97.8%
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills 115 97 84.3% 87.0%
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 195 170 87.2% 89.7%
Office of Rail and Road 48 46 95.8% 100.0%
Rural Payments Agency 89 84 94.4% 95.5%
Scotland Office 40 38 95.0% 95.0%
Serious Fraud Office 31 31 100.0% 100.0%
UK Export Finance 18 14 77.8% 94.4%
Wales Office 31 30 96.8% 100.0%
Water Services Regulation Authority 63 57 90.5% 90.5%