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Home Office: Freedom of Information

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 1 July 2025UIN 62094

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of freedom of information requests made to her Department have exceeded the statutory deadline in the past year.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Home Office’s Freedom of Information (FOI) performance data, including request volumes and timeliness, is published quarterly and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics

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