Freedom of Information Act 2000 annual statistics cover the handling of requests by 43 central government bodies. The publication draws together quarterly statistics for the year and analyses longer-term trends. The dataset is designated as National Statistics and is sourced from the Ministry of Justice.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in Freedom of Information request volumes based on annual and quarterly statistics mentioned in the description
- Benchmark performance of different central government departments in handling information requests
- Study the operational implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 over time
Strengths
- Covers 43 central government bodies, including all departments of state.
- Designated as National Statistics, indicating a formal quality assurance process.
- Includes both annual statistics and analysis of longer-term trends.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update date is 2026-07-08.
Provenance
- Source
- Ministry of Justice
- Collection Method
- Statistics compiled from central government bodies on the handling of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:35.630744
- Geography
- United Kingdom (central government)