Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Freedom of Information requests to which his Department has not yet provided a substantive answer were received a) 0-19, b) 20, c) 20-39, d) 40, e) 41 or more working days ago.
Answered by Ministry of Justice
As of 3 September 2026, there were 771 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that have been received by the Ministry of Justice and had not yet been responded to. The table below notes the volumes of cases that were received per the time period categories requested.
The Ministry of Justice publishes its FOIA performance statistics every quarter, which can be accessed on Gov.UK: Freedom of Information statistics - GOV.UK.
Days prior to 3 September | Total |
0 -19 | 328 |
20 | 14 |
21 – 39 | 158 |
40 | 1 |
41 + | 270 |
Total | 771 |
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