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GOV.UK Published FOI Responses

12,400 published responses 108 organisations Q1 2026 latest stats period 85.5% avg on-time rate

Published Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations responses from central government. Each entry is a public question answered and published by a government body.

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Freedom of Information Guidance

18 Mar 2009Home Office

10950 The Home Office received a request for all unpublished internal guidance related to the handling of Freedom of Information requests. …

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Industrial Hemp

26 Feb 2009Home Office

We have a received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following:  a) Who decided there should be an upper limit on…

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FRANK cocaine campaign

19 Feb 2009Home Office

FOI 11158 We have a received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following:  Whether the Home Office was planning…

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Money spent on flights

19 Feb 2009Home Office

10940 - A request for information was made regarding the amount of money spent on flights, by class, by the Home Office The following information…

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Staff redundancies

19 Feb 2009Home Office

Requestor has asked the following: How many staff at this department and its agencies have taken voluntary redundancy in each of the past…

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Church of Scientology

11 Feb 2009Home Office

10403 The Home Office received a request for information held regarding the Church of Scientology. We released the following information on…

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Contracts and Dispute Resolution

30 Jan 2009Home Office

10248 - We have a received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information on dispute resolution in contracts. We released…

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Home Office Project Managers

18 Dec 2008Home Office

We received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 asking for details of:  • Head of Portfolio Project Management • Projects …

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File HO 325/52

25 Nov 2008Home Office

10330 Request for a copy of file HO 325/52.Request for a copy of file HO 325/52. Provides details of a briefing provided to the Prime Minister…

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Brazilian Illegal immigrants

10 Oct 2008Home Office

We have received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following:  What is the official Board of Immigration …

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Single Tenders

26 Sep 2008Home Office

We have a received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information on numbers and reasons for single tender contracts. …

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Police use of Taser

25 Sep 2008Home Office

We have a received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following: 1. How many forces are now deploying stun guns? 2…

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Church of Scientology

24 Sep 2008Home Office

Request for all information held by the department on the Church of Scientology from 1 January 1993 to present. Assessment extracts from the…

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Control and Restraint techniques

24 Sep 2008Home Office

We have received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following:    The numbers of occasions on which approved Control…

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Grunwick dispute 1976-1978

24 Sep 2008Home Office

We received a request to view Home Office papers relating to the Grunwick Dispute (1976-1978) The papers were released on 8 September 2008.…

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Facial Recognition in UK Airports

18 Sep 2008Home Office

10178 We have received the following request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: I append a letter I have sent to the Daily Telegraph…

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UK Ancestry applications

5 Sep 2008Home Office

FOI: 9118   We have received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following:    Why does the fee for a UK Ancestry…

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Arming the police

26 Aug 2008Home Office

FOI 9337 We received a request to open Home Office files HO287/2039 and HO287/2041 concerning the arming of the Police in the 1970’s.  

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Responses by year

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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

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Top publishers

By volume of published responses
Home Office 1,648

FOI timeliness — Q1 2026

Cabinet Office quarterly statistics · 2,654 data points

Best on-time rates

Debt Management Office
100.0%
Serious Fraud Office
100.0%
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
99.0%
Wales Office
96.8%
Charity Commission
96.6%

Lowest on-time rates

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
50.0%
Health and Safety Executive
63.0%
Department for Business and Trade
67.0%
Cabinet Office
69.9%
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
73.6%

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